Dr. Kermit Gosnell's conviction on three counts of cold-blooded murder at his abortion clinic is a victory for pro-life advocates and all decent people of goodwill. The second victory for the pro-life movement is that Dr. Gosnell will not be sentenced to a similar fate as he sentenced perhaps thousands of babies in cold blooded antipathy through abortion. He will be sentenced to life in prison. Yes, a victory for the pro-life movement. Pray to God that in his prison captivity, Dr. Gosnell will experience the grace of true conversion and convert to the true faith and repent of his grievous sins and crimes against humanity.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies born alive at his grimy clinic was spared a possible death sentence Tuesday in a deal with prosecutors.
Dr. Kermit Gosnell gave up his right to appeal and in return will spend life in prison. Gosnell, 72, was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder in a case that became a flashpoint in the nation's abortion debate.
Former clinic employees testified that Gosnell routinely performed illegal abortions past Pennsylvania's 24-week limit, that he delivered babies who were still moving, whimpering or breathing, and that he and his assistants dispatched the newborns by "snipping" their spines, as he referred to it.
Prosecutors had sought the death penalty because Gosnell killed more than one person, and his victims were especially vulnerable given their age. But Gosnell's own advanced age had made it unlikely he would ever be executed before his appeals ran out.
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Hopefully those on the fence regarding abortion and its evil have been paying close attention to the horrors of this trial.
This nation actively celebrates sodomy and abortion. What is to become of us?
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