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New York to Eliminate Absurd “Conversion Therapy”

The governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has announced plans to eliminate “conversion therapy,” a practice that claims to turn gay children straight. The plan revolves around economic incentives that would discourage these practices from being used on children. “I think it’s an important message to send to young people that the state is cutting off the oxygen for so-called conversion therapy,” Cuomo stated in an interview. “Kids and parents need to know that this practice is quackery.” Read more at the New York Times.

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