SNP commit to criminal ban on LGBT+ conversion therapy if re-elected

SNP commit to criminal ban on LGBT+ conversion therapy if re-elected

JOHN Swinney has committed to banning LGBT+ conversion therapy in the first year of the next Holyrood term if the SNP are re-elected.

Swinney pledges ban on conversion practices if Westminster fails to act

John Swinney made the commitment at the last First Minister’s Questions before the Holyrood election. John Swinney has pledged action to end the “abhorrent practice” of conversion therapy – saying if Westminster fails to introduce a UK wide ban a re-elected SNP government would act within the first year of  the new Holyrood term. The Scottish Government is continuing to talk to the Labour Government about the possibility of a ban on such practic…