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DA: Pa. Abortion Doctor Killed 7 Babies With Scissors
By not in system - AOL NewsPHILADELPHIA -- A doctor whose abortion clinic was described as a filthy, foul-smelling "house of horrors" that was overlooked by regulators for years was charged Wednesday with murder, accused of delivering seven babies alive and then using scissors to kill them. Dr. Kermit Gosnell was also charged with murder in the death of a woman who suffered an overdose of painkillers while awaiting an abortion. In a nearly 300-page grand jury report filled with ghastly, stomach-turning detail, prosecutors said Pennsylvania regulators ignored complaints of barbaric conditions at Gosnell's clinic, which ...
Dr. Kermit Gosnell Charged With Murder, and Abortion Debate Is Renewed
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsPennsylvania doctor Kermit Gosnell has been charged with eight counts of murder related to his work as an abortion provider. He is accused of killing one woman and seven babies who were born alive at the Women's Medical Society in Philadelphia. Nine of Gosnell's employees have also been charged. According to Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, Gosnell performed illegal, late-term abortions and used scissors to kill viable babies born after he induced labor. The family of Karna Mongar, a woman who died after a 2009 abortion performed by Gosnell, has filed a wrongful-death suit. ...
Jury Convicts Scott Roeder of Murdering Abortionist George Tiller
By David Sessions - Politics DailyA jury in Wichita, Kan., convicted Scott Roeder for the murder of George Tiller, one of the few doctors performing late-term abortions in the United States, the Los Angeles Times reports. The jury of seven men and five women reached a verdict after only 37 minutes of deliberation, and also convicted Roeder on two counts of aggravated assault for threats to ushers at the church where he committed the crime. Roeder faces life in prison for the first-degree murder conviction. Roeder confessed to killing Tiller during a church service in May of last year, telling the story to reporters, law ...
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