There is little evidence it works , a reasonable amount of evidence it has a large number of negative side effects . As a rule of thumb the government is allowed to ban medical procedures in the name of public safety female genital mutilation as a prime example . Fundermentally though if a person wants conversion therapy , is of sound mind and made clearly aware of the risks they shouldn ' t be stopped . Problem is that most providers of conversion therapy aren ' t upfront about the risks . And that a lot of said conversion therapy providers target younger people just coming to terms with their sexuality as well as the parents of said young people . <| sep |> 1 d 2010 3020101 d 2010 211110 Hey there ! I ' m a bot that can roll dice if you mention me in your comments . Check out rrollme for more info .