Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Social Work
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Social Work [18 VAC 140 ‑ 20]
Action Unprofessional conduct/practice of conversion therapy
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 8/7/2019
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8/7/19  3:36 pm
Commenter: A.R. Quinn

Protect parent's rights
 

Parents should have the right to pursue the professional counselor of their choice, based on their family values, faith, etc., when choosing to seek help for their child who  may be struggling with gender identity, etc.  This is not the job of the state, to side with one perspective over another. To do so, smacks of seeking the approval of one highly political, special interest group/s, over the freedom of parents to help their child/ren as they see fit, and is quite totalitarian, in nature.  This has no place in the state of Virginia.  

CommentID: 75429