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Oct 22Liked by Michael Balter

Really appreciate this overview of a very important proposition. Thank you.

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The editorial suggests that this bill won’t effect parents rights. I would like someone who cares about parents rights and knows about the law to make that case while respecting parents who struggle when a teenaged daughter demands a double mastectomy.

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Could you have someone write a guest editorial for the other side that is equally well reasoned and thoughtful?

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Do you have any suggestions for who might do it? I received a private message from a reader who thought that all transgender people are mentally ill and that Prop 1 is just a plot to help them pursue their deviant lifestyle. I probably won’t be asking them to write it.

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Well when RACISM RACISM begins to lose its cachet lets try ABORTION ABORTION.

"Some of its language is admittedly vague and it may invite legal challenges to existing laws, yes."

That is exactly the problem!

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The purpose of this Guest Editorial was to explain in detail what Prop 1 would and would not actually do in practice. I think the writer did an excellent job of parsing those complexities and deflecting some of the misinformation that is currently being disseminated. I would caution against attacking the motivations of one of our contributors which could be interpreted as the kind of personal attack not allowed on this site.

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Somehow I deleted my original comment. I said, thanks for sharing. It will be interesting to see what happens.

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