The two judges also differed over whether the state had sufficient evidence to prove that the therapy could harm minors.
But notably, the president did not ask for changes to the 2008 law to be part of the emergency supplemental he requested to deal with the border crisis, suggesting that the administration doesn't want to hastily redraw legislation that was passed to protect at-harm minors.
Facebook's experiment probably would have been approved by most IRBs, because the possible harm was minor and — importantly — because it wasn't deceptive (all the posts shown to users were real).
The consequences of the violence used were categorized as (1) no harm, (2) minor harm, (3) moderate harm (outpatient medical treatment was necessary), and (4) severe harm (inpatient medical treatment was necessary).
The rate of reported incidents of threatened self-harm involving minors per 100 minors was 108, whereas the similar rate for incidents only involving adults was 21.7.
Glaeser was convicted of causing bodily harm to minors and fined $4,000.
The statute provides that the question of harm to minors is to be determined according to "contemporary community standards," the usual test for obscenity.
More than 400 indictments were issued in recent years alleging willful harm to minors as prosecutors sought convictions against a regime that no longer existed.
The experiments, secret for some 30 years, resulted in criminal trials in 1998 and jail sentences for doctors and trainers found guilty of doing bodily harm to minors.
He also questioned the scientific proof behind a central justification for the law: that the therapy causes serious harm to minors.
