Parents risk prosecution for trying to stop their children having gender treatment under a new Labour law, MPs and campaigners fear.
The conversion therapy ban means those convicted of trying to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity could be jailed for five years.
People suspected of abusive practices also face being hit by Conversion Practice Protection Orders, which can be applied for by councils to protect those deemed at risk.
Ministers insist only abusive acts that cause ‘serious harm, alarm or distress’ will be covered – but said there would be no exemption for parents.
It has prompted concerns that the law will
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