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Lawmakers in New Zealand approved a bill Feb. 15 that would ban so-called conversion therapy in the country.
Reuters reported the bill passed by a 112-8 vote margin. Justice Minister Kris Faafoi, who introduced the measure, described the vote as “a great day for New Zealand’s rainbow communities.”
Canada and Brazil are among the countries in which the discredited practice is now banned.
The French National Assembly last month unanimously approved a bill to ban conversion therapy in the country. Israeli Health Minister Nizhan Horowitz, who is openly gay, announced Feb. 14 that health care professionals can no longer practice conversion therapy in the country.
