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Utah bans LGBTQ conversion therapy for children [View all]
Source: The Guardian and agencies
Utah bans LGBTQ conversion therapy for children
Conservative state to bar discredited practice following Mormon church’s support of new legislation
Adam Gabbatt and agencies
@adamgabbatt
Wed 22 Jan 2020 13.37 GMT
Utah has voted to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy for children, becoming the 19th US state to outlaw the discredited practice.
The conservative state – which has voted for a Republican president every year since 1968 – barred the practice after the Mormon church said it would support the legislation. Campaigners hope other conservative states could also ban conversion therapy this year.
Conversion therapy has been widely discredited as unethical and damaging to recipients’ mental health. A study in the UK in 2019 found that people who received conversion therapy were more likely to have suicidal thoughts, anxiety and depression.
The passing of the ban was reliant on the support of the Mormon church, which holds tremendous influence in Utah. The majority of state lawmakers and nearly two-thirds of the state’s 3.1 million residents are members.
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Conservative state to bar discredited practice following Mormon church’s support of new legislation
Adam Gabbatt and agencies
@adamgabbatt
Wed 22 Jan 2020 13.37 GMT
Utah has voted to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy for children, becoming the 19th US state to outlaw the discredited practice.
The conservative state – which has voted for a Republican president every year since 1968 – barred the practice after the Mormon church said it would support the legislation. Campaigners hope other conservative states could also ban conversion therapy this year.
Conversion therapy has been widely discredited as unethical and damaging to recipients’ mental health. A study in the UK in 2019 found that people who received conversion therapy were more likely to have suicidal thoughts, anxiety and depression.
The passing of the ban was reliant on the support of the Mormon church, which holds tremendous influence in Utah. The majority of state lawmakers and nearly two-thirds of the state’s 3.1 million residents are members.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/22/utah-ban-lgbtq-conversion-therapy-children
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