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The Pros And Cons Of Conversion Therapy

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Although some people believe that being gay is wrong and that it should be “corrected”, when it comes to the rights of children and their right/s (?) to express their sexuality, parents should not be able to control their children’s same-sex attraction by sending them to conversion therapy because it is unconstitutional, the methods used are evidently damaging to children, and the ex-gay movement is posing a large threat to the LGBT community. Parents should not be allowed to force their children into conversion therapy because doing so is an infringement on a child 's basic rights, it is unconstitutional, and minors (below 18 years of age) deserve the right to make certain decisions for themselves. (?)
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Today, while some counselors still use physical treatments like aversive conditioning, the techniques most commonly used include a variety of behavioral, cognitive, psychoanalytic, and other practices that try to change or reduce same-sex attraction or alter a person’s gender identity. [nclrights.org]
Aversive therapy is still used and is damaging, and the psychoanalytical methods though they may not be physically (evidently) damaging, they can have other effects below the surface that do just as much damage as something you might see on the outiside. Like...
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Some states have already legalized it but without all 50 having done so, many children cannot deny their parent 's wishes. This is unfair to minors who have no choice over where they live. Banning conversion therapy for all minors in all states is a symbol of solidarity that the U.S. can use to its advantage to show it 's support of its

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