An Edmonton MLA is preparing a private member’s bill that would effectively ban conversion therapy to change a person’s sexual orientation.

Ontario was the first province in Canada to introduce this kind of legislation, and Nova Scotia is also looking at introducing the same sort of legislation.

“Conversion therapy is a form of therapy that would take an LGBTQ+ person and try to change them from not being part of that community anymore,” Edmonton-Castle Downs MLA Nicole Goehring told Danielle Smith on 770 CHQR. “It can be done in many forms, in my understanding.”

The Canadian Psychological Association opposes any therapy with the goal of changing a person’s sexual orientation, saying “[s]cientific research does not support the efficacy of conversion or reparative therapy.” Read more via Global News