Politics · 4 hours ago
Parents Could Face Jail Under Conversion Ban Bill, Report Warns
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Parents could face up to five years in prison for trying to talk a child out of changing gender under the government's draft Conversion Practices Bill, a report warns. Former equality watchdog chair Baroness Falkner and barrister Akua Reindorf KC called the bill ideological, authoritarian and unworkable. The draft, published in June, is under pre-legislative scrutiny. The authors say existing law already covers harmful practices.
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