ILLINOIS - Hundreds of thousands of children across the country have been told to change who they are, often through conversion therapy.

Illinois banned the practice for minors a decade ago, but decisions in other states have raised fears for those still haunted by their experiences.

What we know:

As a teenager in the South, Jody’s family forced them into conversion therapy.

"There was no conversation. I remember I got in a black van," Jody said. "They placed a potato sack over your head and you didn't know where you were going and it was the longest hour and 45-minute drive of my entire life."

Conversion therapy is a practice some still claim can change sexual orientation or gender identity.

"No matter how many times you screamed, you had no voice. You were nothing to them," Jody

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