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Kansas attorney general asks three cities to undo conversion therapy bans
['Kansas Reflector', 'Richard Eberwein']
Heartland Signal
TOPEKA — The Kansas attorney general demanded three cities repeal their bans on conversion therapy for minors following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that found such bans violate the First Amendment.
The collection of practices known as conversion therapy were designed to attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Chiles v. Salazar in March that a conversion therapy ban in Colorado violated therapists’ constitutionally protected free speech.
Legislation to codify a conversion therapy ban statewide has repeatedly failed to progress in the Kansas Legislature.
It also bars professionals from advertising or using the terms “conversion therapy, ex-gay therapy, sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts, or any substantially similar wording.”