The bleep?
A) Ridge was fiercely pro-choice. This column is exactly why it’s not worth it for Republicans to adopt liberal positions.
B) It’s the fanatical pro-abortion forces who demanded that inspections of abortion clinics be as lax as possible. Otherwise the “civil right” to “choose” might be infringed.
Ridge is finished - however, don’t lose sight of the fact that the PERPS are the blame. Yes, they could have stopped years ago and people should be fired in the Health Department over this - and maybe prosecuted. I wonder if any bribes were offered. I wonder how much official corruption was involved in addition to neglect.