They have a record of refusing to comment on educated black men who are demonstratively and objectively evil.
Posted on 04/12/2013 2:59:57 PM PDT by Morgana
Lynda Williams told a jury Tuesday that her boss, Kermit Gosnell, was aware she suffered from bi-polar disorder and depression when he hired her to work at his “House of Horrors” abortion clinic in West Philadelphia assisting with late-term abortions. In fact, she was being treated by Gosnell for the mental health illnesses.
Another clinic worker, Elizabeth Hampton, previously testified she suffered from depression and anxiety in addition to alcohol abuse, and that she once had a “nervous breakdown.” Yet another former Gosnell employee to testify, Sherry West, also admitted to being treated for mental health disorders.
Williams told the court that the practice of snipping the spinal cords of newborns through the back of the neck was “routine” at Gosnell’s clinic as a means of ensuring “fetal demise.”
“The problem with this notion is that newborn babies are not considered ‘fetuses’ anymore and killing them classified as murder. Gosnell never bothered to tell that to his undereducated and emotionally troubled clinic workers,” said Troy Newman, president of Operation Rescue.
Williams has already pled guilty to two counts of third degree murder for killing babies via Gosnell’s neck-snipping procedure and to conspiracy. By testifying against her former boss, she hopes to avoid the death penalty or life in prison. She will be sentenced after Gosnell’s trial concludes and face the possibility of 100 years in prison.
Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore asked Williams if she knew what she did was murder. To that Williams responded, “No, I didn’t.”
“I only do what I’m told to do,” she told the court. “What I was told to do was snip their neck.”
One news report described Williams as testifying “in a flat, emotionless voice and at times seemed catatonic, taking several seconds before reacting to questions.”
She told the court how Gosnell was absent one day when an abortion patient spontaneously delivered her baby into a toilet after heavy doses of Cytotec, a drug that causes strong uterine contractions. As instructed by Gosnell, Williams turned the baby over and inserted the scissors into his neck.
“It jumped, the arm,” Williams testified, demonstrating the arm motion to the jury.
The News Journal described William’s testimony:
When Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore initially pressed Williams to describe what she saw when she cut the neck of the child delivered in a toilet, Williams responded with a blank stare and silence.
Williams also responded the same way when asked about seeing Gosnell cut the necks of babies who were delivered before abortion procedures, admitting after reviewing earlier statements that she had seen Gosnell do this at least 30 times.
Gosnell is currently standing trial on 7 counts of first degree murder for killing newborn babies delivered during abortions. Gosnell has also been charged with one count of third degree murder for the overdose death of his abortion patient, Karnamaya Mongar. If convicted, Gosnell could face the death penalty.
Williams, 44, told jurors that she went to work for Gosnell after her husband was murdered in 2007 and she could no longer keep the hours required of her job sterilizing surgical instruments at an abortion clinic in Wilmington, Delaware, where Gosnell also worked. Desperate for money, Gosnell gave her a job “under the table” even though she only had an eighth grade education and a certificate as a “phlebotomist.” Despite her troubling lack of education and training, after two weeks on the job she was doing ultrasounds and inserting IVs.
Williams began assisting with abortions and said Gosnell taught her how to turn the babies over and snip their spinal cords with surgical scissors.
Williams was present during Karnamaya Mongar’s abortion and testified that she repeatedly administered Demerol to her because Mongar was in pain. During the abortion, Williams mentioned to Gosnell her concern that Mongar’s breathing had slowed and she had turned gray. Williams testified that Gosnell continued with the abortion procedure then began to administer CPR. He told Williams to call 911.
Williams also testified that Gosnell would often alter medical records to make it appear that the babies he was aborting were under the legal limit in Pennsylvania of 24 weeks. She said that drugs were often out-of-date and ineffective. Williams told the court that if a woman squirmed in pain during the procedure, Gosnell would slap her leg hard enough to leave a handprint.
“The testimony from this trial is a rare look into abuses inflicted upon women daily by the abortion industry. As grisly as it is, it is important to understand this case because many of the abuses Gosnell inflicted upon women are also committed at abortion clinics around the nation. Many aspects of Gosnell’s seedy abortion operation are the rule and not the exception at U.S. abortion clinics. This trial is helping to expose that fact,” said Newman.
When I think of these women I have to recall reading a book years ago called "The Hiding Place" by Corrie Ten Boom. While in the concentration camp Corrie and her sister Betsie encountered a mean guard they nicknamed "the snake". One day "the snake" was beating another inmate when Betsie said "oh what a wounded person!". It took Corrie a few minutes to realizes she means "the snake" and not the inmate being being beaten.
That is the same thing I feel about these women working in the abortion clinic. "Oh what a wounded person". I am sure a lot won't agree and I guess it is something only Betsie Ten Boom and myself can understand.
Gosnell knew who to hire for murdering babies - vulnerable, mentally ill people.
Throw these people in a sanitarium. Throw Gosnell in an electric chair.
Just like hitler
Gonna let him off easy, eh?
>> “vulnerable, mentally ill people” <<
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IOW, those that were one with other spirits. That is the essence of “mental illness.”
We live in a hierarchical society and doctors are placed near the top. Nobody questions a doctor, or the boss. Also, most people are beta, meaning subservient. In addition, if we see someone in authority do something, it’s called permission giving behavior. We now have permission to do the same. Most people would be the prison camp guards and mistreat the prisoners if that was what they had been shown was okay. But inside, how could anybody live with what they saw? How did they keep employees? Even if you believed what they were doing was legal, why subject yourself to it?
“How did they keep employees? Even if you believed what they were doing was legal, why subject yourself to it?”
Well first off most of these women are desperate for a job/money. Then take into account their education or lack there of. Also they are in a minority low income area. Yea you can just bet they are in the best paying job in the area hands down aside from being a street drug dealer or prostitute. Not joking. Yes planned parenthood knows this. Why do you think Pro life groups via Abby Johnson are starting programs for abortion clinic workers? To help them find better jobs so they may leave!!
The only problem with your thesis is that there is a world of mentally ill people who would not partake in these atrocities. Not every mentally ill person is devoid of conscience.
Money is no excuse.
An eye for an eye.
People with a history of mental illness would be seen as less-than-reliable witnesses against him. He knew that he might be in trouble some day.
This is why the MSM is avoiding the story so much -- an educated black man who is demonstratively and objectively evil does not advance their desired narratives.
They have a record of refusing to comment on educated black men who are demonstratively and objectively evil.
Didn’t we close all the sanitariums in this country? That’s why we have so many homosexuals running loose...
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