Medical muzzling: Fracking-related gag order on doctors must be changed

HARRISBURG  PATRIOT-NEWS Editorial:  …Even Gov. Tom Corbett was puzzled by the medical “gag order” in the Marcellus Shale law.

“We got to take a look at that. I’m not sure how that got put in there. I don’t recall how that got in there,” the governor told a WHYY radio reporter in May.

Pennsylvania needs to do more than look at it. The state should repeal this provision…  (more)

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  1. All gag orders except perhaps pretrial gag orders, should be illegal as should all legal settlements with a public agency. How many times do we see firms and govt agencies settle for a fine with no admission of guilt. Can you believe that in the entire financial meltdown of the past few years, caused by govt and private industry alike, no one has gone to jail? I cant!

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