On May 15, a Nevada Senate panel approved a bill that would ban sexual conversion therapy for youth.

The aim of these therapies is to turn LGBT young people straight. Democratic Sen. David Parks, who sponsored the bill, says the therapy is “unscientific, unethical and can permanently damage minors during their formative years”, this according to the Associated Press.

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Bill SB353 would ban social workers and psychotherapists from providing sexual conversion therapy to those under the age of 18. Prior to approval, the bill was amended to exclude language that dealt with legal actions conversion therapy patients could take against their therapists. 

The bill was given an exemption from legislative deadlines in April.

Next the measure goes to the Senate floor for a full vote.