Jackson County conversion therapy ordinances will likely be voted on next week
Jackson County legislators may have to consider competing ordinances next week that would ban conversion therapy in the county.
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Jackson County legislators may have to consider competing ordinances next week that would ban conversion therapy in the county.
An ordinance that would ban conversion therapy in Jackson County failed Monday, but at least one legislator plans to introduce an amended version as soon as next week.
It’s already illegal for health care providers to practice so-called conversion therapy in parts of Jackson County, but the failed ordinance would have outlawed use of the discredited practice on minors across the county and made it easier to report abuse.
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