I strongly disagree with a ban on conversion therapy to reduce or eliminate unwanted LGBT identities.  The state or the Board of Medicine has no right to tell patients or their parents what treatments they may seek out.  Parents are their child's best advocate and we honor their decisions about education, vaccination, nutrition, media exposures and bedtimes, as we should.  It is nonsensical to think that parents should not have the right to seek out care for their children that aligns with their beliefs and worldview.  

It also makes no sense to refuse to allow patients or their parents to seek treatment for conditions that are by definition unwanted.  The opposite of this ban is not mandated conversion therapy, it is the opportunity for patients and their families to determine the best course of treatment in each individual situation.  We value self-determination and patient choice across the spectrum in medicine, and there is no basis in evidence that it is right to forgo it in this case .