EDITORIAL: Infanticide for hire--Complete ban on federal subsidy for abortion is long overdue The Washington Times ^ | January 24, 2011
Posted on Monday, January 24, 2011 10:52:28 PM by jazusamo
The horrors of termination of human life for profit were exposed Wednesday as murder charges were filed against practitioners at the Women's Medical Society abortion clinic in West Philadelphia. The grand jury's report provided descriptions too gruesome to reprint beyond the summary statement, "It was a baby charnel house."
The facility belonged to Dr. Kermit B. Gosnell, whose alleged primary goal was to maximize the number of procedures performed at the lowest possible cost. Corners were apparently cut by having nonprofessionals do the bulk of the work in unsanitary conditions.
According to Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, same-day service was available, no matter how late the term, for mostly minority women seeking to end their pregnancies. Documents show the clinic encouraged late-term procedures because the price tag increased from $330 in the 12th week of pregnancy to $1,625 in the 24th. Beyond that, prices rose as high as $3,000, for an annual revenue of $1.8 million.
Such late-term abortions are horrendous, illegal procedures. Evidence suggests that the clinic would induce labor and then kill the newborn after birth. The clinic termed this as "ensuring fetal demise," but few would disagree that this was infanticide...
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Aborted Fetuses in Jars in Kermit B. Gosnell's "Family Medical Society" abortion chamber.
The Women's Medical Society in Philadelphia, is shown Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
A raid on his office turned up what the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine said was "blood on the floor and parts of aborted fetuses displayed in jars."
A patient died in an allegedly botched abortion and a raid on his office turned up what the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine said was "blood on the floor and parts of aborted fetuses displayed in jars."
"The conditions were horrific, uncleanly, just abysmal," board spokeswoman Leslie Amoros told the ABC News Law & Justice Unit, referring to Dr. Kermit B. Gosnell's "Family Medical Society." "People were practicing without a license," she said. "A non-licensed person was administering drugs. We were present at the raid and our investigators gleaned there was enough evidence for a petition to suspend. We immediately issued a temporary suspension."