In 2018, NH Governor Chris Sununu signed an unconstitutional “conversion therapy” ban bill into a law that bans therapists from helping confused kids and teens to explore whether their same-sex attraction or opposite sex gender identity is something they want to keep or change.
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According to Cornerstone, the therapy ban has these devastating consequences.
- Muzzles therapists and restricts their speech in a clinical setting.
- Ignores a patient’s right to set their own therapeutic goals. A client dealing with unwanted same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria would not be able to get the help they need and want.
- Infringes on the religious liberty of therapists.
This law puts kids and teens on a one-way street with no turning back.
Cari Stella, a young woman who posted a video on YouTube about her experiences both transitioning as a minor, and detransitioning as an adult, reports that no one told her she had any other options.
They don’t tell you that it’s OK to be butch, to be gender non-conforming, to not like men, to not like the way men treat you . . . They tell you about testosterone.
Stella asks how many other medical conditions are there where:
you can walk into the doctor’s office, tell them you have a certain condition, which has no objective test, which can be caused by trauma or mental issues or societal factors, and receive life-altering medications on your say-so?
The therapy ban denies children like Stella even the chance to explore how they can live as their biological sex before making choices they’ll regret. This isn’t therapy, it’s ideology, and our children deserve better.
HB1077 would repeal the unconstitutional therapy ban.
There are three ways to help get this bill passed, starting with the simplest and quickest.
- Sign-in in support by clicking here and filling in the form as follows:
- Fill in your name and info.
- Select February 15
- Select the Committee “House Health and Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee.”
- Choose Bill “2:15 – HB1077.”
- Choose “I am a Member of the Public” and “I’m Representing Myself.”‘
- Select “I Support this Bill.”
- Click “Submit.”
- Email testimony to the committee at HHSEA@leg.state.nh.us and ask them to vote to pass HB1077.
- Give testimony to the committee at the public hearing for HB1077 at the House Health and Human Services Committee this Tuesday, February 15 at 2:15 PM in the Legislative Office Building Room 210-211.
Listen to Stella’s story.
https://youtu.be/Q3-r7ttcw6c
