Source: AP / USA Today PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies born alive has agreed to give up his right to an appeal and will be spared a potential death sentence. Kermit Gosnell was convicted Monday of first-degree murder in the deaths of the babies killed with scissors. The 72-year-old [...]
Source: 6abc.com Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell has been convicted of three of four counts of first-degree murder. Those counts were for three babies who were found to be born and killed outside the womb. Gosnell, 72, is accused of killing a patient and four babies allegedly born alive and then killed with scissors at [...]
Source: AP / 6ABC.com PHILADELPHIA – A jury has begun deliberating in the capital murder trial of a Philadelphia abortion doctor charged with killing a patient and four babies. Prosecutors say 72-year-old Kermit Gosnell routinely performed abortions past the state’s 24-week limit and killed babies born alive because he did not know how to do a [...]
Source: AP / USA Today PHILADELPHIA — A judge has thrown out three murder charges against a Philadelphia abortion provider involving babies allegedly born alive. Common pleas court Judge Jeffrey Minehart dismissed the first-degree murder charges Tuesday against Dr. Kermit Gosnell. Minehart has not explained the reasoning behind his ruling. Prosecutors have argued that the [...]
Source: Maryclaire Dale / AP / The Huffington Post PHILADELPHIA — The defense is expected to get under way Tuesday in the capital murder trial of a Philadelphia abortion provider. Seventy-two-year-old Dr. Kermit Gosnell is charged in the overdose death of a patient and in the deaths of seven babies allegedly born alive. The defense has [...]
Source: CBS News The gruesome trial of an abortion provider resumes in Philadelphia Monday. The doctor, Kermit Gosnell, is charged with killing a female patient and seven babies. Gosnell’s name may not be familiar, and that makes some abortion rights opponents angry. The case has suddenly become a political firestorm. This week, prosecutors will continue [...]
Source: WLWT.com An unlicensed doctor fled out the back the night the FBI raided a Philadelphia medical clinic in 2010, a witness testified Thursday as a murder trial centered on the unorthodox facility. Abortion provider Kermit Gosnell, 72, is charged with killing a woman patient and seven babies allegedly born alive, and with performing illegal, [...]
Source: Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico introduced a bill on Wednesday that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in order to use the fetus as evidence for a sexual assault trial. House Bill 206, introduced by state Rep. Cathrynn Brown (R), would charge a [...]
Source: Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post John Koster, a Republican congressional candidate in Washington state, said Sunday that “the rape thing” is not a good enough reason for a woman to have an abortion, the Associated Press reported. Asked at a campaign fundraiser whether he supports abortion rights in some situations, Koster replied that [...]
Source: Lucy Madison / CBS News Amid ongoing controversy surrounding Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock’s comments about pregnancies resulting from rape, the Romney campaign said today it will stand by the candidate, even while Mitt Romney “disagrees” with him regarding abortion policy. Mourdock, a Tea Party-backed candidate who beat longtime moderate Sen. Richard Lugar [...]