Utah banning conversion therapy with Mormon church backing | Local | idahostatejournal.com
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah is on its way to becoming the 19th state to ban the discredited practice of conversion therapy in January after state officials formed a proposal that has the support of the influential Church of a Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Republican Gov. Gary Herbert announced recently that church leaders back a regulatory rule his office helped craft after legislative efforts for a ban on the therapy failed earlier this year.
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