Abortion Doctor Accussed of Killing 3 tri Babies by cutting spine with scissors
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I swear these people could care less about the suffering of people of color. Poor babies...
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/24/headlines#11
Philadelphia Abortion Doctor Accused of Murdering Babies, Patient; Lax State Oversight Faulted A Philadelphia abortion doctor has been arrested on charges of murder and performing illegal abortions in the deaths of seven babies and a patient. Dr. Kermit Gosnell was arrested last week along with his wife and eight unlicensed employees. A grand jury report accuses Gosnell of regularly and illegally delivering live, viable babies in the third trimester, then murdering the newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors. Gosnell and his staff are also accused of killing a pregnant mother by providing her with too much anesthesia. The report [Download pdf] singles out Pennsylvania health and medical regulators for ignoring complaints against the clinic dating back to 1993. State officials are said to have deliberately avoided enforcement of laws mandating that abortion clinics provide the same level of care as other medical providers. Gosnell is believed to have earned at least $1.8 million a year for his practice, mostly in payments from low-income women of color.
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/24/headlines#11
Philadelphia Abortion Doctor Accused of Murdering Babies, Patient; Lax State Oversight Faulted A Philadelphia abortion doctor has been arrested on charges of murder and performing illegal abortions in the deaths of seven babies and a patient. Dr. Kermit Gosnell was arrested last week along with his wife and eight unlicensed employees. A grand jury report accuses Gosnell of regularly and illegally delivering live, viable babies in the third trimester, then murdering the newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors. Gosnell and his staff are also accused of killing a pregnant mother by providing her with too much anesthesia. The report [Download pdf] singles out Pennsylvania health and medical regulators for ignoring complaints against the clinic dating back to 1993. State officials are said to have deliberately avoided enforcement of laws mandating that abortion clinics provide the same level of care as other medical providers. Gosnell is believed to have earned at least $1.8 million a year for his practice, mostly in payments from low-income women of color.
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I swear these people could care less about the suffering of people of color. Poor babies...
You do know the doctor is black right? And so were the nurses. Or, is this just an example of tricknology? Blacks aren't the only ones that get abortions homie. How is this even an issue of race? The ? is sad regardless of race. -
oliverlang wrote: »You do know tht doctor is black right?
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Authorities didn't take the accusations against him serious for more than a decade due to the race of the women he predominately served.
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Still a ? up thing to do though.
Not unless the child would grow up to become Trent Dilfer, then I understand going to Dr. Gosnell's clinic.First Posted: 01/23/11 02:33 AM Updated: 01/23/11 03:02 AM
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ProPublica's Marian ? reports:
While this week's indictment involving a grisly abortion mill in Philadelphia has shocked many [1], the grand jury's nearly 300-page report also contains a surprising and little-noted revelation: In the mid-1990s, the administration of Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge, a pro-choice Republican, ended regular inspections of abortion clinics--a policy that continued until just last year.
According to the grand jury report [2][PDF] released this week by Philadelphia prosecutors, Pennsylvania health officials deliberately chose not to enforce laws to ensure that abortion clinics provide the same level of care as other medical service providers.
The District Attorney's office this week charged an abortion doctor, Kermit Gosnell, with murder and infanticide. Nine other workers at the abortion clinic, the Women's Medical Society, also face charges. According to the prosecutors, Gosnell and his associates not only broke state law by performing abortions after 24 weeks--they also killed live babies by stabbing them with scissors and cutting their spinal cords. Law enforcement officials found blood-stained furniture, unsterilized instruments and fetal remains scattered about the clinic. At least one woman, a refugee from Nepal, had died under Gosnell's care after being given repeated injections of a dangerous sedative. Prosecutors said Gosnell made millions from treating and sometimes maiming his patients, who were mostly low-income, minority women [3].
But perhaps most frightening of all? The atrocities were discovered by accident [4], as the Philadelphia Inquirer points out. Warnings--from patients and their attorneys, a doctor at a Philadelphia hospital, women's health groups, pro-choice groups, and even an employee of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health--failed to prompt state and local authorities to investigate or take action against the clinic.
The grand jury report said that one look at the place would have detected the problems, but the Pennsylvania Department of Health hadn't inspected the place since 1993. Here's the grand jury report, in surprisingly strong language:
The Pennsylvania Department of Health abruptly decided, for political reasons, to stop inspecting abortion clinics at all. The politics in question were not anti-abortion, but pro. With the change of administration from Governor Casey to Governor Ridge, officials concluded that inspections would be "putting a barrier up to women" seeking abortions.
"Even nail salons in Pennsylvania are monitored more closely for client safety," the report states. "Without regular inspections, providers like Gosnell continue to operate; unlawful and dangerous third-trimester abortions go undetected; and many women, especially poor women, suffer."
According to the report, the policy change occurred after 1993 when attorneys under the administration of then-governor Tom Ridge "interpreted the same regulations that had permitted annual inspections for years to no longer authorize those inspections." Thereafter, only inspections triggered by complaints were authorized. The report noted that Department of Public Health officials reinstituted regular inspections of abortion clinics in February 2010. Ed Rendell, the Pennsylvania Democrat whose second term as governor ended last week, released a statement saying he was "flabbergasted [5]" when he learned of the department's lax scrutiny of abortion clinics and immediately ordered increased inspections, the Associated Press reported.
Still, the earlier policy had its defenders. According to the grand jury report, when the Department of Health's chief lawyer was asked about it, she responded, "People die."
Given that between 30,000 to 40,000 abortions [6] are performed each year Pennsylvania, it's unclear how many women have been put at risk in the almost two decades that regulators suspended regular inspections of abortion clinics in Pennsylvania. The grand jury report does note that many organizations perform safe abortion procedures and have high standards of care, but that's "no thanks to the Pennsylvania Department of Health."
The state's Department of Health did not comment on the matter but said it would forward our request on to the governor's press office. We've also left a message with Tom Ridge's spokeswoman. We'll update if they respond.
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oliverlang wrote: »You do know the doctor is black right? And so were the nurses. Or, is this just an example of tricknology? Blacks aren't the only ones that get abortions homie. How is this even an issue of race? The ? is sad regardless of race.
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Thank you, Dr. Kermit Gosnell.
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I didn't know the doctor was black. But do you honestly believe that if they were cutting the spine of a bunch of white babies that no one would have raised hell? I don't think so.
It takes a special type of monster to do that. Only in America would this have been allowed to treat black babies like frogs in a Science Lab classroom. -
Even reading the description of the process made me feel weird.
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let's take a minute and note the fact that your position on this story was initially based on a racial assumption you made. perhaps that will teach us something about this further postI didn't know the doctor was black. But do you honestly believe that if they were cutting the spine of a bunch of white babies that no one would have raised hell?
unrelated note: yeah, white people who are pro-choice often don't care about white babies being aborted -
I swear these people could care less about the suffering of people of color. Poor babies...http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/24/headlines#11
Philadelphia Abortion Doctor Accused of Murdering Babies, Patient; Lax State Oversight Faulted A Philadelphia abortion doctor has been arrested on charges of murder and performing illegal abortions in the deaths of seven babies and a patient. Dr. Kermit Gosnell was arrested last week along with his wife and eight unlicensed employees. A grand jury report accuses Gosnell of regularly and illegally delivering live, viable babies in the third trimester, then murdering the newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors. Gosnell and his staff are also accused of killing a pregnant mother by providing her with too much anesthesia. The report [Download pdf] singles out Pennsylvania health and medical regulators for ignoring complaints against the clinic dating back to 1993. State officials are said to have deliberately avoided enforcement of laws mandating that abortion clinics provide the same level of care as other medical providers. Gosnell is believed to have earned at least $1.8 million a year for his practice, mostly in payments from low-income women of color.
There are a lot of Black people that don't care about the Black Community or Blacks in general. That's common knowledge. It's just another form of Black on Black crime. -
That's actually not too gruesome compared to late term abortions or other surgical abortions.
