Gov. Gary Herbert of Utah in 2012. He signed a ban on conversion therapy in 2019, saying, “The stories of youth who have endured these so-called therapies are heart-rending.”
It was in 2012, three years before the Supreme Court established same-sex marriage as a national right, that California became the first state to bar licensed mental health professionals from providing therapy aimed at changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors.
New Jersey came next, followed by 23 other states and dozens of cities and co
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