Is conversion therapy banned in Samoa?
Partial ban
Samoa bans conversion therapy only for registered health professionals under the Mental Health Act.
Samoa is one of 17 countries classified “Partial ban” for conversion therapy — 7% of the 235 with data.
Source
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- American Samoa
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Niue
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Tonga
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Tuvalu
- No ban No legal ban on conversion therapy.
- Fiji
- Partial ban Fiji bans conversion therapy only for registered health professionals under the Mental Health Decree.
Other laws in Samoa
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Flag Desecration
- Criminal offense
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