16 June 2023 at 11:49 Wants a ban on conversion therapy The government has put forward a ban on conversion therapy. They are now sending the bill for consideration in the Storting. The ban is proposed to be included in the Criminal Code, writes the Government. The penalty for carrying out conversion therapy shall be a fine or imprisonment of up to 3 years and 6 years if the offense is serious. – Finally. Conversion therapy is an unacceptable interference in people’s sexual orientation and gender identity, which destroys lives – now it will finally be banned, says Culture and Equality Minister Anette Trettebergstuen. – People should be able to safely be themselves, without being subjected to shame and psychological pressure because of who they are or who they love. The bill makes it absolutely clear that these are actions we want to implement, she continues. The ban on performing conversion therapy will affect “anyone who offends another by using psychotherapeutic, medical, alternative medicine or religiously based methods or similar systematic methods, with the intention of influencing the person concerned to change, deny or suppress their sexual orientation or gender identity”, writes the Government. The government proposes that the ban on carrying out conversion therapy should also apply where Norwegians carry out this type of action abroad.
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