GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin strike rule protecting LGBTQ youth from ‘conversion therapy’
The Republican-led Joint Committee on Administrative Rules voted 6-4, along party lines, to repeal the ban on conversion therapy, which is opposed by the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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A peer-reviewed journal study published in theAmerican Journal of Public Health in July 2020 found LGBTQ youth who underwent conversion therapy were more than twice as likely to report having attempted suicide, and more than 2.5 times as likely to report multiple suicide attempts in the prior year.
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