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A California Bill Banning "Ex Gay Therapy" For Kids Under 18 Makes It Out Of Subcommittee |
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Written by Instinct Staff |
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
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A California Senate subcommittee approved a bill that will ban harmful and discredited "ex gay" therapy for kids under 18 on Monday. Details follow.
Around The Capitol has more on SB 1172, which was introduced by State Sen. Ted Lieu:
This bill would prohibit psychotherapists, as defined, from performing sexual orientation change efforts, as defined, in the absence of informed consent of the patient. The bill would require a specified statement to be included on the informed consent form. Informed consent would not be effective for patients under 18 years of age. The bill would provide for a cause of action against psychotherapists by patients, former patients, or certain other persons in specified cases.
For what clearly amounts to child abuse it's surprising that it took this long. But better late than never, right?
(Via Joe)
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