The story is horrific, the most stark evidence of abortion’s outcome. Pro-lifers know Kermit Gosnell was not an outlier. He may not have been typical, but there are and have been plenty of abortionist hacks, quacks, and pervs since abortion was made “safe and legal” in 1973. But due to pro-abortion bias in the media […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• At the Washington Post, Sarah Kliff offers a mea culpa on her description of the Gosnell trial as a “local crime story” and outlines the basics.
• The New York Times has sent reporter Trip Gabriel to the trial, and he has an article noting the role social media played in getting the national media to cover the story.
• Here’s the Washington Post’s article with a quote from NRLC’s Mary Spaulding Balch:
  

  “The significance of the trial is that it shows just how reluctant people are to look at what goes on in abortion facilities,” said Mary Spaulding Balch, director for state legislation for National Right to Life, a group that opposes abortion. “This is something they don’t know about, and they would be shocked to hear about it.”

UPDATE 4/16 9:45a: Here’s a good piece on TweetFest Round 1, “Celebrities, politicians force media to look at abortion ‘House of Horrors.'”

4/15, 5:50p: Sign up now to participate in Round 2 of the #Gosnell TweetFest this Wednesday, April 17, from 8a to 8p EST.

Round 1 garnered almost 170,000 tweets, according to LifeSiteNews.com, with the hashtag #Gosnell trending in the number 1 spot, according to Lifenews.com. The TweetFest was credited, along with Democrat Kirsten Powers’ USA Today column, with finally getting the media to pay attention to mass murderer abortionist Kermit Gosnell. For example…

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat The Northern Illinois Women’s Center abortion clinic in Rockford will stay closed until at least January 4, 2012, when attorneys for both the abortion clinic and the state health department will have another hearing. Apparently, some pro-choicers at Harvard aren’t big fans of tolerance. From Aurora Griffin’s op-ed […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Lynda Williams, another former Gosnell employee has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder: Her victims were Karnamaya Mongar, 41, an abortion patient who died during a November 2009 drug overdose prescribed by Gosnell, and one of the seven babies whose spinal cords were cut after having been born alive […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat The Philadelphia City Paper’s cover story for yesterday’s edition was on how abortionist Steve Brigham is still in business, despite losing his license in numerous states and having employees complain to the state about his practices: 15 clinics were issued “notices of deficiencies,” mostly regarding relatively minor infractions. […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Two unborn children are set to “testify” before an OH committee: 2 in-utero babies will appear live before the committee by an ultrasound projector which is able to not only show that baby’s moving arms and legs, but also display – in color – the baby’s beating heart.

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat The country of Hungary is so desperate for children that they’re extending maternity leave to 3 years along with a variety of other measures including the possibility of giving parents more voting rights. Plans to ban abortion were scrapped. I wonder if William Saletan’s latest piece which discusses […]