Conversion therapy is now banned in Kentucky.

Today, Governor Andy Beshear signed an executive order making it illegal to use state or federal funds to provide conversion therapy to minors.

And licensing boards can take action against licensed businesses that practice conversion therapy.

Conversion therapy refers to the use of a psychotherapy behavior modification and other practices to change someone's sexual or gender identity.

The practice of so-called conversion therapy hurts our children, and it's something that I've spoken out against time and time again.

It has no basis in medicine.

It has no basis in science.

The American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians and the American Psychiatric Association all agree that this is a dangerous practice, that it can cause significant long term harm to our youth.

This harm includes increased anxiety and depression, and it leads to lower self-esteem, and it can result in suicidal behavior.

Few practices destroy families and lives like so-called conversion therapy.

What we've already heard former state Senator Alice Forgy Kerr referred to as conversion torture.

It's a debunked medical practice, not just snake oil, but snake venom that every major medical and education association strongly opposes on minors.