It’s now officially illegal to perform so-called gay “conversion therapy” on minors in Maryland. The Youth Mental Health Protection Act, which Gov. Larry Hogan (R) signed into law Tuesday, threatens mental health or child care practitioners with disciplinary action if they are found attempting to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of anyone under the age of 18. Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, said the new law makes Maryland “a better place for countless young people.”“No child should ever be subjected to the abusive practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy,’” he said in a statement. “This dangerous and inhumane form of child abuse has no basis in science and is uniformly rejected by every major mental health and child welfare organization.”

Source: Huffington Post May 15, 2018 19:41 UTC