{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com","title":"AMA supports federal ban on 'conversion therapy' - WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"W6ZdJxPug6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/ama-supports-federal-ban-on-conversion-therapy\/\">AMA supports federal ban on &#8216;conversion therapy&#8217;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/ama-supports-federal-ban-on-conversion-therapy\/embed\/#?secret=W6ZdJxPug6\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;AMA supports federal ban on &#8216;conversion therapy&#8217;&#8221; &#8212; WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS\" data-secret=\"W6ZdJxPug6\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"San Diego, Calif., Nov 25, 2019 \/ 12:01 pm (CNA).- The American Medical Association announced last week that it had adopted a number of new policies, including advocacy for a federal ban on \u201cso-called reparative or conversion therapy for sexual orientation or gender identity.\u201d During the AMA interim meeting held in San Diego, the group&#039;s policy-making body chose to \u201cdevelop model state legislation\u201d to ban health care providers from efforts to change sexual orientation or gender identity,\u201d the group said in a Nov. 19 statement. \u201cThe support for legislative bans strengthens AMA\u2019s long-standing opposition to this unscientific practice,\u201d the medical association said. Dr. William Kobler, an AMA board member, said that \u201cconversion therapy has no foundation as scientifically valid medical care and lacks credible evidence to support its efficacy or safety\u201d and that \u201cit is clear to the AMA that the conversion therapy needs to end in the United States given the risk of deliberate harm to LG.."}