{"id":110189,"date":"2021-12-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=110189"},"modified":"2021-12-21T13:48:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T18:48:26","slug":"canada-ban-on-conversion-therapy-is-unscientific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/canada-ban-on-conversion-therapy-is-unscientific","title":{"rendered":"On conversion therapy bans, Canadian doc says it&#8217;s &#8220;unscientific&#8221; while UK politician says free speech must be protected, and an overturning of Roe in the US could set off a pro-life avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-life\"><strong>Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Germany. The Mannheim Court of Appeal has accepted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/german-court-agrees-to-hear-appeal-over-prayer-vigil-ban.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appeal filed by the leader of<\/a> 40 Days for Life against the ban on prayer meetings near clinics where abortions are performed.<\/li><li>United States of America. There may be at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/12\/02\/1061015753\/abortion-roe-v-wade-trigger-laws-mississippi-jacksons-womens-health-organization?t=1638870906732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">21 states that could ban abortion<\/a> if the federal Supreme Court were to invalidate its own ruling in the case <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> which legalized abortion in 1973.<\/li><li>Australia. The New South Wales Parliament has introduced a bill to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/bill-sex-selective-abortion-new-south-wales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ban sex-selective abortion<\/a> of babies in the womb. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Family<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>United States of America. Having premarital sex makes you more likely to get a divorce: <a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/preprints\/socarxiv\/ke5fj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a study done by the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Utah<\/a> confirms this.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>LGBT+<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>United Kingdom. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christian.org.uk\/news\/liz-truss-free-speech-about-religion-must-be-protected-in-conversion-therapy-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Minister for Women and Equalities Liz Truss<\/a> has reiterated the government&#8217;s position on the bill to ban conversion therapy, calling for the respect of freedom of speech and religious freedom.<\/li><li>Canada. Neuroscientist Debra Soh calls parliament&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/tnc.news\/2021\/12\/04\/banning-conversion-therapy-sends-a-chilling-message-warns-neuroscientist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ban on conversion therapy &#8220;unscientific&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Freedom of education<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>United States of America. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/loudoun-county-moms-set-out-to-protect-their-children-now-theyre-trying-to-save-america_4127724.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The protest of parents in Loudoun County, Virginia, against the indoctrination of their children<\/a> in public schools has not stopped even in the face of FBI intimidation.<\/li><li>United States of America. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usccb.org\/resources\/FINAL%20Coalition%20letter%2012-1-21%20(1).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Church and faith community leaders are writing to the federal Senate<\/a> expressing concern about the Build Back Better Act, which could exclude faith-based organizations from welfare and education services.<\/li><li>United States of America. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/12\/06\/alabama-association-of-school-boards-dumps-national-organization-for-targeting-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Alabama Association of School Boards<\/a> is just the latest state board to withdraw from the National School Boards Association after its leaders sent a letter to the White House calling for action against families protesting indoctrination in public schools.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotlight on the good things happening in the world. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":67454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"Spotlight on the good things happening in the world.","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"510"},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[510,805],"tags":[13642,475,13892,9538,13890,2940,13455,10841,651],"class_list":["post-110189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-foreground","tag-40-days-for-life","tag-abortion","tag-abstinence","tag-blm-3","tag-conversion-therapy","tag-germany","tag-loudon-county","tag-sex-selective-abortion","tag-virginia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>On conversion therapy bans, Canadian doc says it&#039;s &quot;unscientific&quot; 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