Claim: In Victoria it is illegal to pray over someone who is having a conflict with their gender identity or to take them interstate for pastoral care.
Fact-check: No, anti-conversion legislation does not outlaw prayer
Verdict: false. prayer and interstate pastoral care are not outlawed unless they are part of an effort to change or suppress gender identity and cause injury.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: Neve Brissenden
Date published: 2023-03-31T00:00:00