![Williams Institute Twitterissä: "Hawaii just became the 12th state in the US to ban conversion therapy for LGBT youth. https://t.co/pdHixTFI0N" / Twitter Williams Institute Twitterissä: "Hawaii just became the 12th state in the US to ban conversion therapy for LGBT youth. https://t.co/pdHixTFI0N" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DeErmrwV0AAYflb.png)
Williams Institute Twitterissä: "Hawaii just became the 12th state in the US to ban conversion therapy for LGBT youth. https://t.co/pdHixTFI0N" / Twitter
![Conversion therapy is discredited and increases risk of suicide -- yet fewer than half of US states have bans in place Conversion therapy is discredited and increases risk of suicide -- yet fewer than half of US states have bans in place](https://images.theconversation.com/files/407913/original/file-20210623-15-18oqf06.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=1200&h=1200.0&fit=crop)
Conversion therapy is discredited and increases risk of suicide -- yet fewer than half of US states have bans in place
![New Study Finds Conversion Therapy, and its Associated Harms, Cost the U.S. an Estimated $9.23 Billion Annually | The Trevor Project New Study Finds Conversion Therapy, and its Associated Harms, Cost the U.S. an Estimated $9.23 Billion Annually | The Trevor Project](https://www.thetrevorproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/TTP_Cost-Conversion-therapy_Social_Instagram_1080x1080_Slide1.jpg)