Rep Ann Johnson|Professor Leslie Root

[image: image.png] opening thoughts from Aug 8th you may have missed this outrage EVIL IMMORAL UNPATRIOTIC…THEY SERVED!!!! US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service Part one: a conversation with TX State Rep. Ann Johnson who fled TX to ensure the House could not convene because they lacked a quorum. Ann was first elected in 2020….when you go to her web site it is entitled: Cutting through the toxic stew of Texas politics to GET THE JOB DONE and she understands the Job goes beyond her district and her state…her job extends to the nation. Ann is a pioneer in protecting exploited women and children Rep Johnson is a former Chief Human Trafficking Prosecutor, current teacher, and small business owner who works as an attorney in the TX criminal justice system for victims of sexual exploitation and those who cannot afford a lawyer. A Houston native and youngest of six children, her courage is contagious …she is an inspiration and her willingness to put her life, her career, all that she loves on the line for us…this is not about Texas it is about the integrity of the franchise, it is about the very essence of democracy. As she says: “We are running from nothing we are running to the front lines” part two: *Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions.* *a conversation with **Leslie Root. Root is a demographer and assistant professor of research in the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is also the associate director of the University of Colorado Population Center. Her research is in the fields of fertility and sexual and reproductive health, and current projects center on the effect of social forces – contraceptive access, the COVID pandemic, and pronatalist policies – on individuals’ fertility over the life course. *
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