Flushing the Charges in the Gosnell Trial

(Warning- content is gruesome, because that's what abortion is!)

In case you missed it today, the judge presiding over the Kermit Gosnell trial dropped 9 charges which includes 3 murder charges, one count of infanticide, and five counts of abuse of a corpse. FYI, Gosnell liked to keep dead baby parts in jars, perhaps as a token. This is how the "abuse of a corpse" charges relate.


Kermit Gosnell

As I've previously posted, Gosnell is not standing trial for the thousands of unborn babies he killed, just the ones who lived a few seconds longer and survived the dismemberment. And now, even of the seven born babies who were killed with a quick snip of the neck with scissors, three of them don't count either.

Why were the three murder charges, and one infanticide charges dropped? The defense argued for acquittal for lack of evidence that the babies were actually born alive (read Gosnell killed them properly on the first attempt). So a baby who was found swimming in a toilet, trying to get out isn't considered alive? I 've read Gosnell was bad at record-keeping, but please don't let him off the hook because he didn't keep track of which babies he killed before they breathed, and which ones after.

Is anyone noticing a trend here? First the unborn babies count for nothing, then the born babies count for nothing. Isn't this the slippery slope the pro-life movement warned us about decades ago?

freezer at the Gosnell clinic where aborted baby parts were found

At least some of the mainstream media has started covering the case. It only took a concerted twitter effort and over 100,000 tweets to grab their attention. Unfortunately, the head-in-the-sand behavior returned this week.

I am holding out hope that Gosnell will be convicted of the remaining charges. At least one of the thousands of babies killed has to be recognized.