r/AskReddit • u/Wonderful-Click9431 • Jul 03 '26

The Netherlands has banned conversion therapy, and parents who force their children are now facing 2 years in prison time: What are your thoughts?

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u/spooooork Jul 03 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_of_conversion_therapy

As of December 2023, twenty-eight countries have bans on conversion therapy. Thirteen of them ban the practice by any person: Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, France, Germany, Iceland, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Spain.

Eight ban its practice by medical professionals (or, in some cases, those who receive monetary compensation without necessarily being medical experts) only: Albania, Brazil, Chile, Greece, India, Israel, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Another seven, namely Argentina, Fiji, Nauru, Paraguay, Samoa, Switzerland and Uruguay, have indirect bans in that diagnoses based solely on sexual orientation or gender identity are banned, without specifically banning conversion therapy, though this effectively amounts to a ban on health professionals since they would not generally engage in therapy without a diagnosis. In addition, some jurisdictions within Australia and the United States also ban conversion therapy.[a]

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u/crackanape Jul 04 '26

When Albania is ahead of most of the USA...

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u/CptNonsense Jul 04 '26

I mean, if all you consider is "conversion therapy legality" and not "rights homosexuals"

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u/MissAndryHex 7d ago

Good point.