Chelsea Clinton calls conversion therapy GOP-endorsed ‘child abuse’

By Ariel Cohen

Published July 27, 2016 5:58pm ET

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Chelsea Clinton calls conversion therapy GOP-endorsed ‘child abuse’ — Chelsea Clinton condemned "the open embrace of conversion therapy in the Republican Party platform," which she described as being equal to "child abuse." (AP Photo) | Matt Rourke

PHILADELPHIA — Chelsea Clinton told Democratic delegates at a gay rights group’s luncheon that she feared the Republican Party’s inclusion of “conversion therapy” in their platform would legalize “child abuse.”

“I do believe this is the most important connection of my lifetime,” the Democratic nominee’s daughter said at the Human Rights Campaign lunch on Wednesday.

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