The attorney presenting closing arguments in the case of the Philadelphia Abortion House of Horrors said the prosecutors were elitists and racists who made a big deal out of nothing to charge a minority doctor with crimes.
“We know why he was targeted,” Attorney Jack McMahon said. “If you don’t see that reality… you’re living in some sort of la-la land.” Continue reading
Dr.Kermit Gosnell, the head of the abortion house of horrors in West Philadelphia, chose not to testify or call any witnesses in his defense on charges of murdering babies born alive in his clinic.
The trial now moves to closing arguments in the case against Gosnell and his co-defendant, Eileen O’Neill. O’Neill’s lawyers have already stated that the state did not prove their case against their client and she should be immediately freed. Continue reading
The judge in the case of Dr. Kermit Gosnell has thrown out three of the eight murder charges, granting defense motions regarding insufficient evidence.
The defense motions to acquit after the prosecution presents a case is common but rarely granted. Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Minehart did not explain why he granted the motions. The dismissals were on three counts where the defense claimed the prosecution could not show the babies were alive when born despite testimony from multiple staffers to that effect. Continue reading
A witness in the Philadelphia Abortion House of Horrors trial testified that she saw the chests of babies moving and heard them making noises before Dr. Kermit Gosnell killed them.
Kareema Cross, the final prosecution witness, testified that she personally saw 10 babies breathe before they were killed. She also said that she saw three babies “move their arms and legs” and heard a fourth baby give out a soft whine before Gosnell killed them. Each time, Gosnell told her that the babies were already dead despite the obvious signs of life. Continue reading
The daughter of a woman who died because of injuries sustained in Dr. Kermit 
’s clinic in Philadelphia testified that her mother had lost consciousness and that clinic staff kept her from attending to her mom.
Karnamaya Mongar, 42, a survivor of 20 months in a refugee camp in Bhutan, died after some unlicensed member of Gosnell’s staff provided her with a fatal combination of oral and intravenous drugs. Continue reading
Five weeks into the trial of abortion doctor Dr. Kermit Gosnell, major national media have finally started to appear.
Fox News had been covering the trial of the doctor accused of murdering live babies in his abortion clinic but now the Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal have sent reporters to the trial. Continue reading
In the continuing trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor a witness has testified that live babies were beheaded after birth.
Stephen Massof testified that he routinely saw the murder of infants at the clinic. He also testified to at least one abortion after 26 weeks, more than two weeks beyond the state’s permitted 24-week limit. Continue reading
Adrienne Moton, a former employee of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, told a courtroom Tuesday that she personally “snipped the necks” of “a good ten” babies to kill them after they were illegally aborted in Gosnell’s clinic.
Gosnell is on trial for the murder of seven newborn babies and one woman in a botched abortion. Continue reading
Three women were the first jurors seated for the trial of a Pennsylvania abortion provider facing multiple murder charges.
Dr. Kermit Gosnell is charged with third-degree murder in the botched abortion of a woman in 2009. He is also facing the death penalty because of first-degree murder charges in the killing of seven babies that were born alive but killed in Gosnell’s care. Continue reading
