Responding to a parliamentary committee's failure to recommend a nationwide ban on conversion therapy, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed concerns that such a ban could have consequences for religious freedom at a press conference Monday.
has expressed concern that a possible ban on conversion therapy in the country could go against religious freedom.at a Monday press conference, in response to the country's justice select committee finding on the matter. The committee failed to recommend that New Zealand go ahead with a nationwide ban on the discredited practice, which attempts to"convert" a person's sexual orientation or gender identity, despite finding admitting that the practice is"harmful.
"This is where my concerns are," she continued,"often you have very vulnerable, particularly young people, in that situation and so I think the select committee is right to be concerned about those vulnerable young people" "At the same time," Ardern said,"there will be those who perceive that it's a part of their freedom of expression within their religion."
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