State troopers “had a hard time figuring out what to charge" pro-life demonstrators "with, because frankly they didn't violate any criminal laws," attorney Tom Brejcha told LifeSiteNews.com.
"Germantown is considered Ground Zero of the battle against abortion. All eyes are watching us," said Dr. Grace Morrison, the founder of the grassroots campaign against Carhart's late-term abortion business.
Each cross represents one unborn child Carhart has killed in Germantown since expanding his Nebraska-based business into Montgomery County twelve months ago.
“The right to exercise our faith and follow our conscience in all aspects of our lives is a right increasingly viewed with hostility,” write the bishops.
In a controversial move, Maryland pro-life activists infuriated by the local late-term abortion business of Leroy Carhart protested at the middle school of the clinic owner’s daughter.
Archbishop O’Brien had challenged Governor O’Malley to act in line with his faith, suggesting that the governor was acting out of “mere political expediency.”