Kentucky governor bans use of ‘conversion therapy’ with executive order
Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is banning the use of “conversion therapy” on minors in Kentucky. He signed an executive order Wednesday. The governor calls it a necessary step to protect children from a widely discredited practice that tries to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling. The governor used executive powers after efforts to enact a law banning the practice repeatedly failed in the state’s Republican-dominated legislature. The order bans the practice and makes it illegal to use state or federal funds to provide the therapy on minors. The governor’s office says early half the states and the District of Columbia prohibit the use of conversion therapy for minors.
