Chapter 4
Maine was the first state to adopt the new ‘Well Baby Initiative’ and would be operated and funded by the federal government. The program ran in the same building as the now-defunct Maine care. Renovations included the addition of a loading dock and bays for two ambulances. The renovations were explained by the need for immediate emergency transportation. Unbeknownst to state and local officials, the ambulance drivers were federal agents and although they were certified paramedics they‘d been given a very different set of orders that had nothing to do with saving lives. The state of Maine, lacking competent leadership since the end of 2009, believed every word and no one asked any questions. In order to maintain their federal subsidies, no one in the state dared to question them. The state and local officials would remain ignorant of the facts that the agency did not exist on paper and carried an agenda that was beyond the unthinkable.
Shortly after the program was introduced to Maine, the state passed legislation that required all new parents to be screened. This included couples who were planning to have children. Census records would be checked every year for those who had children without going through the screening process and they would also be screened. The state still had no idea what was really going on. Those who passed their screening would be allowed to have children and those who did not … Well, with over 600 million people in the country who would miss a few? After all, people disappear all the time.
The new ‘Well Baby Initiative’ was now receiving statewide press with newspaper articles, radio broadcasts and television, and internet placement. Every town and city was blanketed with flyers and applications, along with a statement of requirement from the state governor’s office. It was now official and some people were scared, not knowing if there would be a next step or if this was something that might get beyond the state’s control. The last thing people wanted was to be told was whether or not they could have children and many believed that it was their God-given right – and nothing in the constitution that guaranteed people the right to reproduce. Naturally, a few people quickly came to believe that, like the banking system, their rights were now being defined by China and that the ‘American Way’ was rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Most people quickly discounted them as paranoid fanatics.