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Columbia currently bans licensed therapists from offering conversion therapy. Attorney General Alan Wilson has called that policy unconstitutional.

Before the vote, the council heard from the public, including some who wanted to see it overturned, but the overwhelming ...

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Conversion therapy was tied to higher systolic and diastolic BP and systematic inflammation levels. Researchers underlined the need to implement interventions and bans against conversion therapy.

The findings “support bans on (conversion therapy) and enforcement of existing bans to eventually eliminate the adverse health consequences associated with these practices,” researchers concluded.

The findings “support bans on (conversion therapy) and enforcement of existing bans to eventually eliminate the adverse health consequences associated with these practices,” researchers concluded.