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Cass Review must be considered in conversion therapy ban, says FM
Retired consultant paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass speaking about the publication of the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People (The Cass Review) at the PA Media offices in west London, April 9, 202

THE SNP Scottish government will “reflect” on the Cass Review as it plans a ban on conversion therapy, First Minister John Swinney said today.

The publishing of Dr Hilary Cass’s review of gender services for young people in England last month led to a ban on new treatments involving puberty blockers on both sides of the border.

But addressing Holyrood’s health and sport committee last week, she told of growing anxiety among practitioners that they may fall foul of the conversion therapy ban.

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