The ban won approval from the influential Mormon Church back in November
“I am thrilled by the adoption of the Administrative Rule which ends conversion therapy once and for all in this State,” Rep. Hall said in his statement. “Thanks to everyone who helped develop language that both prohibits conversion therapy and also protects the legitimate interests of healthcare professionals, patients, and families.
”The new rule bans therapists in Utah from practicing conversion therapy, something that the American Psychological Association has reportedly said is not science-based and is actually harmful to mental health., based on the true story of Garrard Conley, who, at 19, was subjected to conversion therapy and later said it made him suicidal.. “You had to really express things that you’d never expressed before. And then you were told, after you expressed them, ‘This is disgusting, this is vile.
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