02/08/2024
The Humanist Association has said that there were several reforms in the outgoing government's Criminal Justice Bill 2024 which will now need to be campaigned for with the next government, owing to the Bill running out of Parliamentary time after the calling of the General Election. They say " Additional amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill bill sought to ban conversion therapy. These too will now not proceed. Nor will two private member’s bills on the same issue, both proposed by APPHG members and backed by Humanists UK. This is despite the fact it has been six years since Prime Minister Theresa May originally committed the UK Government to banning it. LGBT Humanists has fought for a conversion therapy ban for decades, and Humanists UK has been at the forefront of high-profile calls for a ban, highlighting the practice’s detrimental effects on individuals’ mental health and well-being. It is asking all the parties to commit to swift action on this overdue matter after the election is won." The Humanist Association, which represents people with no religious belief, also warned that American fundamentalist extremists were trying to pour money into their proxys in the UK, and that supporters of reproductive rights, women's health and secular civil liberties need to be vigilant.
https://humanists.uk/2024/05/29/humanist-backed-bills-fall-due-to-genera...
