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Last year, the Minnesota House Preventative Health Policy Division approved a bill that bans conversion therapy in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes. The practice has long been decried as torture and is prohibited in nearly half the country. “Mental health professionals would be prohibited from providing conversion therapy to vulnerable adults and clients under age 18,” Minnesota Public Radio reported on March 2nd, 2022. The full measure passed the Minnesota House of Representatives in February 2023. Democratic Governor Tim Walz noted that he intends to sign it if it clears the Republican-dominat…