Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Board of Medicine
 
Guidance Document Change: Board of Medicine guidance on conversion therapy
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12/10/19  4:10 pm
Commenter: John Rossi

Support the rights of people to get counseling
 

Imagine if the tobacco industry lobbied to make it illegal for doctors to counsel people who want to quit smoking.  Or if the alcohol industry lobbied to make it illegal for people to get counseling to quit alcohol.  Of if the gaming industry instigated a ban against counseling people who have gambling problems.  Or if it became illegal to get therapy to overcome unwanted fears of heights, bridges, bees, snakes small spaces, etc.  Bad, right?  Well, some people would like counseling to overcome unwanted feelings of a sexual nature (pedophelia, same-sex attraction, gender dysphoria, etc.).  Please keep our state free and allow people to get the counseling they choose.  Thank you!

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