Evers says state won’t repeal conversion therapy ban despite pressure from right-wing groups

By: Erik Gunn

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 1,001

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Three weeks after two right-wing groups demanded the repeal of a professional licensing board’s ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ clients of social workers and other therapists, Gov. Tony Evers sent a sharply worded reply.

In a Tuesday letter to the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty and Wisconsin Family Action, Evers declared, “my administration has no intention of repealing Wisconsin’s conversion therapy ban.”

Evers asserted that the April 14 demand letter from …

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