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Guidance Document Change: Board of Medicine guidance on conversion therapy
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12/11/19  5:38 pm
Commenter: Eileen McCabe

Conversion Therapy is tantamount to torture
 

The phenomena of homosexuality, bisexuality and non-binary identification are as old as recorded history.   It is only in the context of judeo-christian culture that it has become something shameful, something to be 'cured.' An individual my not be comfortable with this aspect of themselves, and they can choose to modify their own behavior accordingly.  However, to subject an individual, particularly a minor to a 'treatment' that inflicts shame, mental abuse, drugs, and even shock therapy is not just inhumane, it is torture. It has driven some to suicide. It is not a medically sound process and should be banned.  Parents and others who subject minors to this process should be charged with child abuse.

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