Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor issued an executive order that compels state agencies to discourage the practice and bans taxpayer funds from being used to support it.
Pennsylvania's Democratic governor on Tuesday moved to protect LGBTQ residents from conversion therapy, issuing an executive order that compels state agencies to discourage the practice and bans taxpayer funds from being used to support it.
"Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat," Gov. Tom Wolf said in a statement. "This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them," he continued, adding that the practice"is causing horrific consequences for the mental health and well-being of a generation of young LGBTQIA+ individuals.
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