N. Carolina governor moves to block conversion therapy funds
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s governor has signed an order barring the state health department from using public funds on conversion therapy meant to change young people’s sexual orientations.Gov. Roy Cooper’s order Friday blocks funds controlled by executive branch agencies from paying for such therapy for minors. That includes money for the state’s Medicaid program.The governor’s order defines conversion therapy as practices meant to change someone’s sexual orientation or […]
