The Gosnell trial should be an occasion for shame, reflection, and action

Understanding Gosnell - Kathryn Jean Lopez - National Review OnlineLOPEZ: For nearly six weeks now, Gosnell has been on trial for evil done in a clinic protected by words like “family planning” and “women’s health.” The images coming out of the trial — as anyone knows who has been following the case in the Philadelphia Inquirer, one of the few news outlets to cover it — are abhorrent. If a baby survived an abortion, Gosnell allegedly would snip the spinal cord� with a pair of scissors to “ensure fetal death.” This is clearly murder. “This baby is big enough to walk around with me or walk me to the bus stop,” a young woman who assisted Gosnell in the clinic recalled him joking about one of the babies he killed after delivery.