Minnesota becomes 21st state to ban dangerous 'conversion therapy'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : The Equality Act, a sweeping federal LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill that passed the House in February but has not yet received a vote in the Senate, includes a provision that says, "The discredited practice known as 'conversion therapy' is a form of discrimination that harms LGBTQ people by undermining individuals' sense of self-worth, increasing suicide ideation and substance abuse, exacerbating family conflict, and contributing to second-class status."
40% : The American Psychiatric Association opposes "conversion therapy," and said in 2013 of the so-called treatment, "The American Psychiatric Association does not believe that same-sex orientation should or needs to be changed, and efforts to do so represent a significant risk of harm by subjecting individuals to forms of treatment which have not been scientifically validated and by undermining self-esteem when sexual orientation fails to change."
34% : Senate Republicans claimed that religious freedom was being put at risk through a prohibition on the practice.

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