Virginia agrees not to fully enforce state law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors
The Virginia Department of Health Professions, represented by the state's office of the attorney general, entered into a consent decree with the Founding Freedoms Law Center last month, saying officials will not discipline counselors who engage in talk conversion therapy.
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