Massachusetts Now 16th State To Ban Ex-Gay Torture

Mass Live reports:

Massachusetts therapists can no longer use a type of therapy that tries to alter a teenager’s sexual orientation. Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday signed into law a bill banning licensed health care professionals from providing conversion therapy to anyone under 18.

Fifteen states and Washington, D.C., have already banned conversion therapy, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

Baker, a Republican, signed the bill despite concerns by Republicans in the state Senate over whether the ban infringed on parents’ rights to control their children or on therapists’ free speech rights.

Good news!! Thank you Massachusetts. Only 34 more states to go to ban conversion therapy, a form of child abuse. https://t.co/XfAaJ8QYxW

— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 8, 2019

Great news that Massachusetts will finally put an end to the horrific & illegitimate practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors. But conversion therapy for minors is shockingly still permissible in 34 states. We must abolish this practice nationwide.https://t.co/pRXRv4SJLj

— Ed Markey (@SenMarkey) April 8, 2019

?? #USA – LGBT conversion therapies are now illegal in:

California
Connecticut
Delaware
Hawaii
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
Rhode Island
Vermont
and Washington

+ Washington DC & Puerto Rico

— LGBT Rights News (@rightswatchLGBT) April 8, 2019