Germany to ban Homosexuality conversion therapy

Germany to ban Homosexuality conversion therapy
Wednesday, 12 June, 2019

Homosexuality is not an illness Germany to ban Homosexuality conversion therapy
German Health Minister Jens Spahn said Tuesday he plans to write a law this year to ban so-called conversion therapies that aim to make gays and lesbians heterosexual.
Last year the European Parliament adopted a non-binding text that called on EU members to ban the practice of conversion therapies.

German Health Minister told to media that he plans to write a law this year to ban so-called conversion therapies that aim to make gays and lesbians heterosexual.

In press conference Health Minister said “My position is clear: homosexuality is not an illness, which is why it does not need to be treated," said Spahn, who is gay and married to a man.
"I would very much like to have a bill this year that could then be presented to parliament,"

Medical experts consider psychological or spiritual interventions to change someone's sexual orientation pseudo-scientific, ineffective and often harmful.
The most controversial techniques involve administering electric shocks as subjects view images of homosexual acts, or injections of the male hormone testosterone.

"This ban would, of course, be a signal to the people who propose (conversion therapies), but also to those affected who will know: 'what is being done to me is wrong'," said Markus Ulreich, a spokesman for the Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD).

Spahn has commissioned two reports and a 46-member expert panel which have concluded that a ban is both "medically necessary and legally possible,

The health ministry said it plans to release a final report in August, to pave the way for a law to be written before the end of the year.

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