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'"That was her in tears," says Daniel Bogard as he sets down his mobile phone,
after receiving a call from her. He, too, needs a brief moment to collect
himself. "We'll figure it out," he had just told his wife. But the truth is
that he has no idea what to do either.
Bogard had long been hoping that things wouldn’t ultimately get this bad. That
the Republicans only wrote the law to produce a few eye-catching headlines.
That they spewed all the invective ("pedophile," "child abuser," "groomer")
just to shore up their support from conservative voters.
But now, on this sunny Wednesday morning in May, they’ve really gone through
with it. They actually passed the Missouri Save Adolescents from
Experimentation Act, a law that doesn’t just ban all medical care for those
under the age of 18 who do not identify with their biological gender. It also
threatens doctors with the withdrawal of their licenses should they defy the
ban. The law, signed by Missouri Governor Mike Parson, goes by the acronym SAFE
– a cruel joke to Bogard’s ears.
For the first time, he says, he can understand how Jews in Germany must have
felt in the 1930s. He says he sometimes finds himself thinking about where he
could escape to with his family. Perhaps Illinois, where a Democratic governor
is in power? Or to Canada? A few months ago, that may have sounded a bit
overwrought. But now? In the current situation? "The political power of that
hate is so enormous," says Bogard.'
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Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
