Editorial
Massachusetts Court System is the Achilles’ Heel of Sane Social Policy Nationwide
More Proof in Wal-Mart “Plan-B” Decision
            For several years, MassNews has been one of the most vocal critics of the state's court system under Chief Justice Margaret Marshall.  Even before the infamous “same-sex marriage” decision, Atty. J. Edward Pawlick recognized that much of the court system in this state was wholly controlled by special interest feminist groups and the gay lobby.   Not only was Justice Marshall an honoree and keynote speaker for the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association in 1999, she also served for five years as a trustee for an abortion provider in Brighton, the Crittenton Hastings House. 
            Consequently, when a feminist group desires to bring about some shift in social policy in the U.S., the place to go is the courts of Massachusetts.  Such is the case of Wal-Mart Inc., and the so-called “Plan B” contraceptive pill.
            As a private business, Wal-Mart Inc. has the sovereign ability to choose what it stocks and what it doesn’t stock.  Despite the fact that it has an obligation to its stockholders, Wal-Mart has many times in the past refused to carry certain items that could have enhanced profits for the company, on the grounds that violated its corporate conscience.  For example, they won’t carry the raunchier Hip-Hop artists, or the more suggestive women’s magazines (i.e. Maxim).  For similar reasons, they have refused to carry the “Plan B” pill, understanding that it has the possibility of working like an abortificant, expelling a fertilized embryo from the womb.
            Enter NARAL and Planned Parenthood.  In a calculated move, NARAL and Planned Parenthood found eight women who would try to buy “Plan B” at a Wal-Mart, and then join in a suit against the company when they were refused.   These nationwide pro-choice groups of course picked Massachusetts to initiate the suit. 
            Under legal pressure from these two groups, the Massachusetts Pharmacy Board ordered the Wal-Marts in the state to carry the drug. NARAL’s plan, however, was to leverage the decision in Massachusetts to force Wal-Marts nationwide to carry the drug. Beginning March 20^th, Wal-Mart has agreed to just that. 
            Planned Parenthood is still not happy with the results.  Since Wal-Mart still will allow in some states “Conscientious Objectors”, Planned Parenthood has vowed to doggedly stay on Wal-Mart until every Wal-Mart pharmacy is forced to offer the abortificant with a happy "Have a good day” and a smile. 
            The modus operandi of these groups is obvious and predictable.  Find the judges most apt to rule for an extreme feminist decision, the ones most likely to ignore both the law and common sense in favor of their own biases, and then start initiating lawsuits.
              The feminists have found their best ally in Massachusetts and its Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, Margaret Marshall. It is time that the citizens of Massachusetts take their courts back.