BREAKING NEWS: EHRC calls for pre-legislative scrutiny of draft bill on Conversion therapy. Concerns about unclear definitions used in consultation.
https://twitter.com/EHRC/status/1486362782668935171?s=20
"the likely significant and wide-ranging implications of the Government’s proposals for a legislative ban for criminal and civil justice, clinicians and therapists, families and religious organisations require careful and detailed consideration" /2
"The consultation document contains no clear definition of what will amount to “conversion therapy”, nor of the meaning of “transgender” – a term which has no clear legal meaning, is potentially wider than the concept of gender reassignment in current UK law" /3
"Given the documented lack of evidence about conversion therapy in relation to being transgender ... we consider that these matters require further careful & detailed consideration before legislative proposals are finalised and the implications of them can be fully understood"/4
"we were concerned that the original consultation period was limited to six, rather than the usual 12 weeks. We therefore welcome the decision to extend the consultation period to a total of 14 weeks" /5
"we recommend that legislation should initially focus on banning conversion therapy attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation, where the evidence and impacts are clearer" /6
"Legislation to ban conversion therapy attempting to change a person to or from being transgender should follow, once more detailed and evidence-based proposals are available which can be properly scrutinised" /7
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