Saturday, August 31, 2013

Ninth Circuit upholds California sexual orientation conversion therapy ban

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] on Thursday upheld [opinion, PDF] California's law [SB 1172, PDF] prohibiting licensed therapists from counseling minors with the intent to convert their sexual orientation from gay to straight. Two federal judges have split on the issue, with one blocking the law's enforcement and another refusing to issue an injunction [JURIST reports]. The Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday on appeals from both cases, holding, "SB 1172, as a regulation of...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/08/ninth-circuit-upholds-california-sexual-orientation-conversion-therapy-ban.php

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