Omvendelsesterapi of homosexuals is forbidden in Germany, while Norway Wednesday will vote on whether to ban it.

the Parliament of Norway on Wednesday to vote on a total ban on "homoterapi" - or in English omvendelsesterapi - where you try to change the homosexuals the attraction of persons of the same sex.

the Therapy has been disputed, since it is contrary to the seksuelles minorities the right to be themselves, writes the Norwegian news agency NTB.

Typically takes place omvendelsesterapien through talk therapy, prayer or psychoanalysis. However, more extreme methods such as electroshock has also been used.

the Ban looks set to be voted through without major problems.

The Norwegian power, Right, the Progressives and the Left, together with the opposition indicated that they are voting for the ban.

the Christian democratic Party will vote against, because the party believes that it will go against the belief. The party has previously marked with the hallmark of, among other things, ban abortion.

the Case has been illuminated in the autumn through the Norwegian documentary "Homoterapi". In one of the sections, said Norway's prime minister Erna Solberg, Norway has freedom of religion and belief, and that a ban will go to the limit of the freedom.

already the therapy banned in the Uk, and Germany will ban it. In Denmark is considered omvendelsesterapi not to be a big problem.

Previously minister Mogens Jensen (S) emphasised for Berlingske, that there will be a crackdown, if it is a problem when the government want to improve LGBT people's terms.

LGBT Denmark wants according to DR News that the omvendelsesterapi should be made illegal. However, know the association not to the extent of any terapitilbud, or whether it is offered in Denmark.

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