Green Party rainbow spokeswoman Elizabeth Kerekere with the petition calling for an urgent ban on conversion therapy. Photo / Sophie TriggerSurvivors of conversion therapy shared their stories outside Parliament today and called for a bill banning the practice to have no religious exemptions. Green Party rainbow spokeswoman Elizabeth Kerekere said the party would work to ensure there would be no religious exemptions to the bill. Opposition Leader Judith Collins said this morning she would like to see a bill on conversion therapy, as it had been promised in the election campaign. "The conversion therapy that I have looked up and have discussed with people is something that we would ban," she said.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 23, 2021 01:51 UTC