The proposed ban on "conversion therapy" would

1. Reduce the number of licensed medical professionals who have successfully guided children and adults through their struggles

2. Take away fundamental parental rights (enshrined in VA law)

3. Deny the truth that the vast majority of parents understand their children best, and should not have their options lessened, in their efforts to help their children

4. Reduce the options for counseling sought by adults who seek to understand the source of their same sex attraction, or gender dysphoria

5. Deny families' religious freedom