Conversion Therapy in the United States

Enacted state laws protecting youth from receiving conversion therapy:

California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Washington, D.C.

Introduced state laws protecting youth from receiving conversion therapy:

Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia.

Do not have state laws protecting youth from receiving conversion therapy:

Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin.

Source:

National Center for Lesbian Rights; http://www.nclrights.org/bornperfect-laws-legislation-by-state/

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