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Massachusetts House Passes Conversion Therapy Ban; Senate Sponsor Waffling on Child-Abuse Provision

Massachusetts House Passes Conversion Therapy Ban; Senate Sponsor Waffling on Child-Abuse Provision

The Massachusetts House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban conversion therapy for minors, 147-8. The bill threatens therapists with loss of their state license to practice if they engage in techniques designed to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of someone 17 or younger in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts House of Representatives has passed a bill that would ban conversion therapy for minors, 147-8. The bill threatens therapists with loss of their state license to practice if they engage in techniques designed to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of someone 17 or younger in Massachusetts.…