Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Health Professions
 
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Board of Medicine
 
Guidance Document Change: Board of Medicine guidance on conversion therapy
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12/10/19  3:21 pm
Commenter: James Drouillard

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I support the rights of the parents completely over the misguided ideas of any form of government.  If the government seeks to restrict how a parent can take care of their child's mental health then they need to prove there is immediate harm to children everywhere, to which there is not.  This is a tense subject since no one wants to see children abused through the lack of law.  In this case, though, an enactment of the law will lead to privation of a right justly due to the people.  This is only a lawsuit waiting to happen.  A possible solution would impartially review each therapy to see if there is any physical or mental abuse.  While I do not support the outdated idea of "conversion" therapy, I think this law would ban therapies that could be helpful and informative to children, since many are easily confused about the complex topics of gender and sexuality.  

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