Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued an executive order to ban "conversion therapy," a discredited practice that attempts to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has banned conversion therapy on minors in an executive order signed on Wednesday. For years, advocates for the ban have argued that it poses a danger to LGBTQ+ youth, while defenders often cite religion and the First Amendment as justification for the practice.

Beshear signed the executive order after similar legislation repeatedly failed in the Republican-dominated state legislature earlier this year.

Executive order prohibits taxpayer dollars from being used for conversion therapy, and allows for discipline on therapists who deploy it.

The debate has now begun on the constitutionality of Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive order to ban conversion therapy on minors.