The government has dropped plans to introduce a new law to ban conversion therapy
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And it recommended announcing the U-turn as part of this year's Queen's Speech in early May to reduce"the risk of looking like we have singled out an LGBT issue". "We will ban conversion therapy to prevent these abhorrent practices which can cause mental and physical harm," vowed the government. He tweeted:"Just when I thought my contempt for this disgusting government couldn't sink lower. A curse upon the whole lying, stinking lot of them."
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