{"id":203892,"date":"2022-09-07T16:25:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T10:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=203892"},"modified":"2022-09-07T21:45:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:15:37","slug":"shadow-of-377-doctors-offering-conversion-therapy-must-be-severely-disciplined-nmc-must-ensure-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/shadow-of-377-doctors-offering-conversion-therapy-must-be-severely-disciplined-nmc-must-ensure-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadow of 377: Doctors offering \u2018conversion therapy\u2019 must be severely disciplined. NMC must ensure this"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article \u201cShadow of 377: Doctors offering \u2018conversion therapy\u2019 must be severely disciplined. NMC must ensure this<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong> published in <\/span>The Times of India <\/strong>on\u00a0<\/span>7th<\/sup>\u00a0September 2022<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 2 \u2013 Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About conversion therapy.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Based on the Madras High Court ruling on Conversion Therapy, the National Medical Commission(NMC) has written to all State Medical Councils banning conversion therapy and calling it a \u201cprofessional misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\n

What is Conversion Therapy?<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Read here: <\/strong>Coercion as conversion: Sexual orientation and gender identities do not require medical intervention<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What did the Madras High Court ruled on Conversion Therapy?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Read here: Explained | The ban on conversion therapy for the LGBTQIA+ community<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
What are the challenges in enforcing the ban?<\/h5>\n

Prejudice among medical fraternity<\/strong>: A study of medical school students, interns and postgrads in India has found that only around 20% of respondents believe homosexuality is not an illness.<\/p>\n

The Indian Psychiatric Society de-pathologised homosexuality only in 2018, two years after Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality.<\/p>\n

Adolescents are more vulnerable<\/strong>: US data indicates that around half the persons receiving conversion therapy are adolescents. Their cooperation is often extracted from their desire to be a \u2018better\u2019 son or daughter.<\/p>\n

What should be done to improve the life of the LGBTQIA+ community?<\/h5>\n

a)<\/strong> The NMC needs to practise what it has been asked to preach. For instance, NMC must ensure severe disciplinary action against such practitioners, b)<\/strong> Parents, especially the educated ones, should change their opinion on the LGBTQIA+ community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Must read: Four years after landmark LGBT verdict: The march to full citizenship<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Source: The post is based on the article \u201cShadow of 377: Doctors offering \u2018conversion therapy\u2019 must be severely disciplined. NMC must ensure this\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a07th\u00a0September 2022. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of these vulnerable sections. Relevance: About conversion therapy. News:… Continue reading Shadow of 377: Doctors offering \u2018conversion therapy\u2019 must be severely disciplined. NMC must ensure this<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10496],"class_list":["post-203892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704901944},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}