This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Make all forms of conversion, reparative and cure therapy an illegal practice.
Make the practice of conversion, reparative and cure therapy illegal to practice and use on others.
Hold those who are currently carrying these practices out, accountable for conflicting mental abuse on others.
To make it illegal to coerce another person to seek this form of treatment.
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It's currently still legal to practice these forms of therapy on adults or to coerce children into it when they are adults.
Conversion, reparative and cure therapy are forced upon people to cure them of their LGBT+ identities. The result in being that 1 in 4 people that go through this attempt to take their own lives.
The NHS, British Psychological Society and other leading bodies have outlined this practice as unethical and have called to have this come to an end.
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Make LGBT conversion therapy illegal in the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300976
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