Stigall Show Log 8.24.12
Chris prepares for his trip to the Republican National Convention next week. He talks to Steve Cordasco on Finance Friday, and the new President of the Eagles, Don Smolenski.
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Chris prepares for his trip to the Republican National Convention next week. He talks to Steve Cordasco on Finance Friday, and the new President of the Eagles, Don Smolenski.
Republicans are kept accountable for their own misspeaks and actions. Unlike the Democrats' life jacket being tossed out to a sinking politician by the Party, when a Republican politician does the inexcusable, the Republican Party throws him an anchor – and that's how it should be.
The basic fact is that Romney, Ryan and Republican's are uncomfortable with a few of the words Congressman Akin used. They are not, however, uncomfortable with the policy position he was expressing. The record shows that they march in lockstep with Congressman Akin.
Congressman Akin's comments are unconscionable and while Congressman Akin owns the words that came from his mouth, the sentiment and his policy goals are shared by both Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, despite their statements today.
If you like the GOP war on women, you are going to love Paul Ryan. After all, Ryan's record on women's health could easily be mistaken for one of W. Mitt Romney's primary opponents, Rick Santorum.
Prosecutors preparing to try a Philadelphia abortion doctor charged with killing a patient and seven babies want the jury to hear evidence he allegedly ran a pill mill and let unskilled workers practice medicine.
The proposed merger became a lightning rod for criticism after Abington Hospital said it would no longer provide abortion services.
The community is hoping to turn up the heat on Abington Hospital, following word that the secular medical facility plans to stop performing abortions after it merges with Holy Redeemer Health System.
Chris is covering Major League Baseball's All Star Game festivities in Kansas City. He talks to Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel about the state of the team and yesterday's decision not to play Shane Victorino. He also talks to Michael Bronstein and Jeff Roe on the Monday Morning Matchup about last week's job report, the state of the campaign for both President Obama and Mitt Romney, and the political fallout from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's altercation with a heckler on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights.
Instead of working on the economy the GOP has focused on denying women access to health care.
Nearly all of the state's abortion clinics are expected to remain open under a tougher law that raises surgical standards as a response to grotesque conditions discovered at a Philadelphia clinic two years ago, state officials said Monday.
Republican Daryl Metcalfe of Butler County, the sponsor of the legislation, says funding for women's health services would not be reduced, but reallocated. "Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize abortionists and their facilities."
Chris asks why Saturday Night Live isn't more critical of President Obama? He talks to Jeff Roe and Michael Bronstein on the Monday Morning Matchup, Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel coming off their series with San Diego, and Entertainment Tonight's Nancy O'Dell.
Live from Clearwater Florida at Phillies Spring training Chris talks with Pitcher Cole Hamels, and Outfielders John Mayberry Jr. and The Flyin Hawaiian, Shane Victorino.
In the wake of the controversy surrounding a bill that would require women seeking abortions to get a pre-procedure ultrasound, one Pennsylvania Senator has introduced similar legislation—for men.
"You just have to close your eyes." That seemingly innocuous statement is causing a lot of controversy in Pennsylvania.
Dr. Steven Brigham, of Voorhees, N.J., was taken into custody Wednesday night and is being held in the Camden County jail, according to police in Elkton, Md. Authorities also arrested Dr. Nicola Riley in Salt Lake City and she is in jail in Utah.
A bill that could mean expensive facility and staff expansions for clinics that perform abortions in Pennsylvania became state law Thursday after a bitter fight in the Legislature over how to respond to grotesque conditions discovered at a Philadelphia clinic last year.
Corbett is expected to sign a bill headed to his desk that would impose new regulations on abortion clinics over the objections of critics who say it will reduce access to abortions in Pennsylvania.
Pearl Gosnell, 50, the wife of lead defendant Dr. Kermit Gosnell, has pleaded guilty to taking part in an abortion on a fetus over 24 weeks old and being part of a "corrupt organization."
Employees who worked for an abortion doctor charged with murdering a patient and seven newborns must stand trial with him, even if they are not charged with killing anyone, a Philadelphia judge ruled Friday.
In response to the horrors uncovered by the grand jury investigation of a West Philadelphia abortion clinic, the state Senate and House have now passed similar but different bills on the regulation of clinics that have abortion rights advocates up in arms.
Though the state senate will not take a final vote on the bill until next week, the senate Wednesday approved an amendment that will require clinics that provide abortions after nine weeks to meet the same standards as ambulatory surgical facilities.
One Senate bill is in response to the West Philadelphia abortion clinic horrors. Among its many provisions, that measure tightens policies regarding inspections, handling of complaints, and clinic reporting of "serious" events.
The state House has passed and sent to the Senate a bill that would impose tougher regulations on abortion clinics in Pennsylvania.
