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Ted Lieu: “When a for-profit mental health professional comes and says, I am going to charge you money to get rid of a disease that…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2019
When a for-profit mental health professional comes and says, I am going to charge you money to get rid of a disease that does not exist, that is called fraud.
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Ted Lieu
Democratic · California

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Lieu criticizes conversion therapy as fraudulent and harmful.

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