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Kobach Challenges Conversion Therapy Bans | Kansas City News
Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is demanding three cities—Prairie Village, Roeland Park, and Lawrence—repeal their conversion therapy bans within 60 days, citing a recent Supreme Court ruling and claiming the laws violate First Amendment rights by censoring speech. While major health organizations condemn conversion therapy as harmful and ineffective, Kobach frames the bans as viewpoint discrimination targeting therapists. Lawrence’s ban, which even forbids the term “conversion therapy,” has already received the notice, while the other two cities are reviewing the letters. This follows a…
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