Israel Medical Association bars its members from performing conversion therapy

A new position paper issued by the Israel Medical Association bars doctors from performing conversion therapy to "cure" homosexuality or referring patients to such treatment. The paper comes not long after a Ynet expose on the use of conversion therapy in Israel.

"There is a special danger in referring children and teenagers to treatment meant to change one's sexual orientation," the Israel Medical Association wrote of the phenomenon, which is mostly common among Israel's religious sector.

A complaint filed to the IMA's Ethics Committee against doctors who refer patients to conversion therapy could result in sanctions ranging from a reprimand to revoking membership in the organization. Signatories to the position paper include the Israel Psychiatric Association, the Israeli Adolescent Medicine Society, the Israel Pediatric Association, the Society to Promote Health in the LGBT Community, the Israel Association of Family Physicians and the Israel Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Association Read more via Ynet