Huntington bans practice of conversion therapy

A meeting of the Huntington City Council approved the prohibition of conversion therapy in the city.

Council member voted 7-4 Monday to pass an ordinance to ban conversion therapy within the city limits for children eighteen and younger.

Conversion therapy is a controversial technique to change one's sexual orientation or gender identity. Huntington makes the fourth city in West Virginia to b an conversion therapy along with Charleston, Morgantown and Wheeling