Government backtracks on U-turn over conversion therapy ban
Sky News says the government has backtracked just hours after making a U-turn on plans to introduce a new law to ban conversion therapy.
Theresa May had initially promised in 2018 the practice, which attempts to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity, would be outlawed – and her successor Boris Johnson also said it would be.
But early on Thursday evening, a government spokesman told Sky News that ministers will not ban the practice but will instead review how existing law can be used more effectively to prevent conversion therapy, which is outlawed in several other countries.
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