Biden Administration Cracks Down , on Conversion Therapy.
Biden Administration Cracks Down , on Conversion Therapy.
Cracks Down on .
On June 15, the White House announced that
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order called
the "Advancing Equality for LGBTQI+ Individuals." .
On June 15, the White House announced that
President Joe Biden will sign an executive order called
the "Advancing Equality for LGBTQI+ Individuals." .
According to a statement, the order is aimed
at cracking down on the "discredited and
dangerous practice" of conversion therapy.
According to a statement, the order is aimed
at cracking down on the "discredited and
dangerous practice" of conversion therapy.
Yahoo reports that the order directs the
Department of Health and Human Services
to expand access to mental health resources. .
The executive order also calls on HHS to, "study and address the disproportionate rates
of child removals that LGBTQI+ parents face,
especially women of color.".
I have no room in my heart for hatred
and I have no time for intolerance,
but we don't live in a world where everyone
feels that way, and this administration
understands that more action is needed, Rachel Levine, HHS Assistant Secretary
for Health Admiral, via Yahoo.
I have no room in my heart for hatred
and I have no time for intolerance,
but we don't live in a world where everyone
feels that way, and this administration
understands that more action is needed, Rachel Levine, HHS Assistant Secretary
for Health Admiral, via Yahoo.
The president of the conservative Ethics
and Public Policy Center, Ryan T. Anderson,
called the executive order "Orwellian.".
According to Anderson, the proposal , "would prevent efforts to help girls identify as girls.
That's what they're calling 'conversion therapy.'".
Meanwhile it'll expand efforts to give
girls puberty blockers and testosterone.
That's what they're calling
'gender affirmation.', Ryan T. Anderson, president of the conservative
Ethics and Public Policy Center, via Yahoo.
Politico reports that the executive order comes
after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis moved
to end gender-affirming care for minors. .
Earlier this month, Florida's Surgeon General
moved to have the Florida Board of Medicine
establish a prohibitive "standard of care." .
The "standard of care" would ban doctors from providing puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgery to minors