When you are pregnant with a child and decide to keep it you promise to love and care for the unborn child. No matter what the child decides to do with their life as long as the actions that they are doing is legal. Unfortunately, many parents of LGBTQ people neglect these duties and try to force their children to change their sexuality, even though it innate. Some use Conversion Therapy.

Conversion therapy is the method of trying to change an individual's sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual using mental or religious interventions. Homosexuality, primarily same-sex relationships connecting men, was deemed abnormal, immoral and even felonious for centuries. In the latter part of the 19th century, psychiatrists and doctors started to discuss homosexuality, too. They identified same-sex desire in medical terms—and started looking for ways to reverse it.

This problem occurs everywhere in the world. The people most affected by this are people who identify and come out as LGBTQ+. For instance in Tampa Florida the a federal judge just struck down bill that would ban conversion therapy."It’s not the city’s job to regulate health care treatments like therapy, says the judge, who also expressed concern about the violation of parents’ rights." (the judge quote). An estimated 16,000 LGBT youth (ages 13-17) will receive conversion therapy from a licensed health care professional before they reach the age of 18. Also, around 57,000 youth will endure the treatment from a religious or spiritual ad visor. Researchers also found that approximately 698,000 LGBT adults in the U.S have received conversion therapy at some point in their lives, including about 350,000 who received it as adolescents.There is scientific evidence that LGBTQ+ that were rejected and sent to these "therapy sessions" are 8 times more likely to have attempted suicide. 6 times as likely to suffer from depression. 3 times more likely to use illegal substances and 3 times as likely to be as risk for HIV and STD's. The AAMFT does not consider homosexuality as a disease that requires treatment.

With all the scientific evidence that conversion therapy doesn't work to continue with this practice is is not only going against medicine but it is also unethical and can be mentally damaging or sometimes physically damaging in the long term. Even after finding out all this information and you still send a your child to a place like that then you deserve the award for worst parent.