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by Mary- Eileen Russell
On July 23, 2024 the Talbot County Republican Central Committee hosted a “Pizza and Politics” evening at the GOP headquarters on Glebe Road in Easton, MD. The guest speakers included Maryland State Delegate Tom Hutchinson (District 37-B), The Easton Gazette’s own Jan Greenhawk of Moms for Liberty, and Laura Bogley, the Executive Director of Maryland Right to Life. About thirty guests enjoyed the summer evening of pizza and fellowship as the speakers conveyed a great deal of information vital for all voters and citizens of whatever political persuasion.
Jan Greenhawk spoke about the infamous “Blueprint for Maryland” which promised to enhance the educational experience of Maryland public school students and has already been implemented in many counties. However, the new programs have been found to heighten the current problems rampant in Maryland schools, problems which include low math and reading scores, aggressive behaviors, drug abuse, gender confusion, teen pregnancies and abortions, and the overall lack of parental input and authority. The Restorative Discipline currently being promoted and implemented in the Blueprint was inspired by a program for convicts in maximum security prisons. While the success of such a program in prisons is debatable, it is even more unlikely to be successful with school children. Jan has written a great many articles on the “Blueprint” in the last few months, which can be found HERE. https://eastongazette.com/?s=blueprint
Jan also mentioned the successes that Moms for Liberty has had throughout the nation in the struggle to preserve and defend parental rights. Parents and grandparents of school age children are encouraged to stay informed, attend school board meetings, and speak out against measures which encroach on the rights of parents. Jan and Moms for Liberty have had to withstand many false and often absurd accusations from progressives, even on the local level, including the charge that Jan and Moms for Liberty are being funded by the Hungarian government.
Delegate Tom Hutchinson [https://www.facebook.com/CitizensForHutchinson] and Laura Bogley of Maryland Right to Life [https://www.mdrtl.org/ ] spoke of the Leftist agenda in the Maryland House and Senate and how fixated the Democrats are on keeping abortion as an option until the moment the child is born. Incorporating abortion into the Maryland Constitution through the Reproductive Freedom Amendment will make it impossible for lawmakers to attempt to limit abortion or even to speak against it. The new Amendment may also keep parents from making medical decisions for their children, especially in the case of transgender surgery. Parents and all concerned citizens are urged to spread the word about the dangers of such an Amendment, dangers which go beyond political party to attack our families. According to the Maryland Right to Life website [https://www.mdrtl.org/]:
The Maryland General Assembly has passed a bill that seeks to amend the Maryland Constitution and create a state fundamental right to ‘reproductive freedom’. The state will ask voters to approve the amendment language on the fall 2024 general election ballot. While the term ‘reproductive freedom’ is yet undefined, there is no question that the amendment would be used to create a fundamental right to late-term abortion for any reason and to suppress pro-life speech and action across Maryland…Contrary to the fear mongering often heard from abortion proponents, women in Maryland are not being threatened with prosecution for seeking abortion nor are they being denied medical intervention for miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. But the state has long forsaken its promise of ‘safe, legal and rare’ abortion, offering women and girls nothing more than unlimited access to abortion. The legislature has gone to such extremes to deregulate the abortion industry that they have removed abortion from the spectrum of healthcare in all ways except funding.
Democrat lawmakers have repealed criminal penalties and statutory restrictions on abortionists and abortion practices. Regulations on abortion clinics and practices are not routinely enforced, including mandatory reporter requirements in suspected cases of rape or sex trafficking. Physicians now serve only a tangential role on paper if at all, either as remote medical directors for abortion clinics or as remote prescribers of abortion drugs. It is important to note that while the term “reproductive freedom” is not defined in Maryland law, the bill sponsors say it would include new rights broader than abortion rights. Some of these new rights may include commercial uses of human embryos and the use of puberty blocking drugs and surgical mutilation of reproductive anatomy- even among children without their parents' consent.
Please stay informed, educate friends and family, and vote against the new Amendment.
