Kentucky's governor has signed an executive order banning the use of "conversion therapy" on minors. The widely discredited practice tries to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order Wednesday banning the use of “conversion therapy” on minors in Kentucky. Beshear called his executive order a necessary step to protect children from a widely discredited practice that tries to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling.

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