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Wisconsin Legislature moves to protect conversion therapy
TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) The Wisconsin Legislature moved Tuesday to kill limits on PFAS pollution and to allow therapists, counselors and social workers to continue to try to change gay and transgender people s sexual orientation.
The Senate and Assembly both took up a bill blocking a state Department of Safety and Professional Standards rule that would have prohibited so-called conversion therapy. Both chambers placed the bill in committee, avoiding a veto from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers but effectively blocking the rule for the rest of the Legislature s two-year session. ....

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