Kermit Gosnell

Kermit Gosnell: Dr. Kermit Gosnell , 72, faces the death penalty after being convicted of three counts of first-degree murder of the newborns who were killed by having their spinal cords severed at the base of the neck with a pair of surgical scissors, a practice Gosnell called ensuring fetal demise, according to The Star. The jury of eight women and four men reached its verdict Monday afternoon after 10 days of deliberations. As it was read out to the court, Gosnell, wearing a dark suit, sat stony-faced and A Philadelphia abortion doctor has been found guilty of murdering three babies born alive to poor, minority women in the late stages of their pregnancies in a gruesome trial that has put Americas polarized abortion debate back on the national agenda. He was also convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of a Bhutanese refugee who died of a drug overdose at his notorious abortion clinic, the Womens Medical Society, where conditions were squalid, instruments were rusty and remains of fetuses were stored in juice containers or paper bags. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.