PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: When a grand jury in January exposed horrific conditions at a West Philadelphia abortion clinic, Gov. Corbett promptly took smart steps to bring back annual inspections and impose tough sanctions on any clinic that failed to correct safety problems.
Those measures should serve as ample protection against a repeat of the deplorable abuses alleged at the clinic operated by Kermit Gosnell, a city physician now accused in the deaths of seven babies and a woman whom authorities say died from a botched abortion.
Even so, Harrisburg lawmakers have been exploring legislation that would give the tighter abortion-clinic rules the full force of state law… (more)
