Government Announced Ban on Conversion Therapies

Case information
Incident date
Country
France
Categories
  • Government Restrictions
Attack Against
  • Faith
  • Morals
Societal Sphere
  • Governmental
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Other (text field)
  • Freedom of Conscience
  • Freedom of Expression
  • Freedom of Religion
Place of Incident
  • Government Building
Bias Indicators
  • Racial/Ethnic/Gender/Cultural Differences
Reported to Police
  • No
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
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As requested by associations for the protection of LGBT groups, the government sought to ban conversion therapies. This has been included in the bill on separatism. Several deputies, including Laurence Vanceunebrock-Mialon, claim that conversion therapies are ‘dangerous’ religious practices.

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