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  5:09 pm
Commenter: E Coomer

Protect Parental Rights - This wording is very dangerous
 

Under Virginia law, parents have the fundamental right to make decisions regarding the upbringing, education and care of their children.

Families and youth should have the rights to determine what is best for them at that stage in their psychological development. Not to have defined by a Commonwealth document what their counselor is or is not aloud to say or do.

Parents are answerable to the Commonwealth for numerous behaviors and actions of their minor children, but we are not deemed responsible enough to guide healthcare decisions for our children?

Every Virginia family has a right to seek counseling as they wish based on their faith and decisions.

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