Associates In OB/GYN Care - Suspended Again!

A little over two months ago I reported that a string of Maryland abortuaries had their licenses suspended after a number of slipshod practices were discovered - and a woman died in their Baltimore location.  It seems that shortly afterwards their licenses were reinstated.  That didn't last too long.

Today the abortuaries affiliated with Associates in OB/GYN Care had their licenses suspended again.  It seems that all four mills had been administering misoprostol to women past 11 weeks.   Moreover, they are allowing non-licensed staff to dispense the drug and perform sonograms.  Sounds rather "Gosnellian", does it not?

Yoo, hoo!  State of Maryland!  It's time to make these "suspensions" into permanent revocations!

O'Malley Energy And Environment Policies Comprised Of Chicken Shit

That is not a metaphor!  I mean that literally!  And no, this is not a joke!  Really!  Can any sane person make  up this crap?  But the State House is not inhabited by sane people (hasn't been for some time now).

Governor O'Malley has embarked on a project to fuel some State of Maryland facilities, including the Department of Corrections.  The plan is to buy chicken manure (and other animal waste products) and burn them for conversion to electricity.  You can read the official blog for more details on that.

Many environmental groups look askance upon this hare-brained scheme, and rightly so.  They are concerned that O'Malley, in seeking to correct a run-off problem, may well be creating an even larger air pollution problem.

But enough with the poo-poo.  O'Malley's schemes for combatting "run-off" pollution feature a (wait for it!)

RAIN TAX!

"What is that??" you ask with bated breath?  Why, it's a tax that we property owners will have to pay for the rain that falls on our properties.  You see, certain areas of our properties will be impervious to rain - such as pavement, roofs (we hope they're impervious to rain), etc and cause that nasty run-off into the bay so they must be taxed.  The Maryland Catholic Conference has asked Catholics to oppose this tax, but only because it impacts churches and other non-profits - never mind the detriment that we property owners will suffer.  My colleague at A Washington DC Catholic has an excellent write-up to which I now link for your benefit.  Just as the HHS mandate came back to bite the church bureaucracy after they foolishly shilled for nationalized health care, so has this "rain tax" come back to, well, rain on their parade.  We'll oppose it, but for everyone and not just for the church progressives.  In my younger years I would hope this would teach them a lesson, but now I believe they're just too obtuse to learn anything.

MD Pro-Life Activists Vindicated In Suit Against Harford County

In the summer of 2008, the annual Face the Truth Tour, spearheaded by Defend Life, was interrupted in Harford County when police arrested the FTT participants who were peacefully standing along the road with their signs.  Moreover, three of the young women were strip-searched by the police.

Defend Life and the pro-life activists filed suit against the State of Maryland, Harford Couty and the Town of Bel Air.  They were, and are, being assisted by attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund.

Harford County has settled with the activists.  According to the Lifenews article, the Harford State Attorney opposed the sheriff's office and its treatment of the pro-lifers.  However, there are two other defendants in the case: the Town of Bel Air and the State of Maryland.  If they do not settle, there will be a trial in federal court.

Here are links to other news sources:
http://www.defendlife.org/Aug08Newsletter.pdf
http://www.defendlife.org/SepOct2008Newsletter.pdf

Here's an explanation of the Face the Truth Tour concept and its origins.
http://www.prolifeaction.org/truth/