First vote on whether to repeal conversion therapy ban scheduled for Tuesday - ABC Columbia

Columbia Council to consider repealing conversion therapy ban

Columbia City Council members are scheduled to vote Tuesday on an ordinance which would repeal the city's ban on conversion therapy or reparative therapy for minors.

First vote on whether to repeal conversion therapy ban scheduled for Tuesday - ABC Columbia

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Members of Columbia’s City Council are scheduled to vote again on whether or not to repeal the city’s 2021 ban on conversion therapy after the vote was deferred on May 20th. A special-called meeting is now scheduled for 3 p.m. on May 27th inside council chambers at Columbia City Hall. Conversion therapy, which is an attempt to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity, has been condemned as harmful, dangerous, …