Download PDF here Oppose AB 2119 Foster care: gender affirming health care and behavioral health services Testimony of Dr. Andre Van Mol, MD, References to Scientific Literature follow: Transgender belief in childhood carries an overwhelming probability of desistance. Underlying issues…
Dear Legislators, This Therapy Ban bill is child abuse. This naïve and destructive bill makes it illegal for little children to receive therapy for unwanted same-sex attractions caused by sexual abuse by older teens or pedophiles. Can you imagine a…
In Opposition to Banning Therapy Choice As a board-certified family physician I strongly encourage you to oppose the bill banning “Conversion Therapy.” The bill is both unnecessary and misguided. The bill is needless. Over twenty states have voted down therapy…
Testimony Opposing Banning Therapy for Those with Unwanted Same Sex Attraction My name is Karl Benzio, MD. I am a psychiatrist licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and Florida and have been treating patients since 1989. A psychiatrist is a medical…
ACPeds, AAPS, CMDA and CMA Support Minors’ Right to Therapy Legislators must NOT ban therapy for minors with unwanted same-sex attractions and/or gender dysphoria. The State must not violate minors’ right to seek psychotherapy they believe may aid them, and…
Therapy bans are dangerous, ineffective, and unjust for the very minors they purport to protect. How does banning therapy help children whose same-sex attraction was forced on them by child abusers like Mayor Murray and who want help to change…
August 2, 2017 Dear Legislator, I am the Past-President of the Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity. I am also a licensed psychologist and a long time member of the American Psychological Association. I am writing you to request…
