Drug plea delayed for Philadelphia abortion doctor

June 12, 2013 @ 12:09 pm

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A federal drug plea has been postponed for a Philadelphia abortion provider already serving life in the deaths of three babies.

Defense lawyer Jack McMahon says he needs more time to consult with Dr. Kermit Gosnell about the plea. Gosnell is due back in court on June 26.

Prosecutors say the 72-year-old Gosnell ran a "pill mill" by day and a rogue "abortion mill" by night.

He is serving life without parole after he was convicted this year of killing three babies born alive at his abortion practice.

Federal authorities say he sold prescriptions for OxyContin and other painkillers to people who lined up at his Philadelphia clinic.

McMahon has said Gosnell plans to plead guilty to the drug charges, given the outcome of the murder case.


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  • dexterjibs wrote...
    send this bay butcherer
    March 17, 2013 10:15 pm
    to prison for the rest of his life.
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  • dexterjibs wrote...
    send this baby butcherer
    March 17, 2013 10:17 pm
    to prison for the rest of his life.
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  • dexterjibs wrote...
    guns don't kill people
    March 17, 2013 10:18 pm
    abortion clinics run by murderous bass-tards like this guy kill people.
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  • Hayduke wrote...
    No, dexterjibs. Abortions don't kill people. Outlawing abortion so that only unlicensed criminal "doctors" provide them kills people.
    March 18, 2013 2:51 pm
    Isn't that the logic you right wingers use on guns? Criminals will still get their hands on them, right? And since the "forced birth" movement sees all pregnant women entering an abortion clinic as "criminals," they're still going to get an abortion.

    Except now, if you make abortion illegal then they will have to go to scum like like this guy in Philadelphia to have it done. So the forced birth movement will actually contribute to MORE unnecessary deaths.

    And you want to know what's truly evil? Using the power of the guvmint that you right-wingers supposedly detest to FORCE victims of rape and incest to bear the progeny of their attacker. Some bundle of joy, huh.

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  • Carol Valentine wrote...
    Grand Jury Report
    April 15, 2013 8:25 am
    http://www.phila.gov/districtattorney/PDFs/GrandJuryWomensMedical.pdf Read the first 18 pages before making any conclusions. Don't you think that a medical clinic deserves the same government oversight that say restaurants and beauty salons get?
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  • FormerMarineSgt wrote...
    @Dexterjibs...
    April 23, 2013 5:24 pm
    I hope what you mean is the law breaking part of what this doctor was doing, and not just spewing the 'abortion is murder' rhetoric. This doctor, unlike nearly all doctors who perform abortions was breaking the law. Even the most ardent abortion supporters want this guy thrown in jail and never be allowed to practise medicine again. Me - I'm not for abortion, but I am not willing to force my opinion on others. For the religious minded folks - remember that God measures his justice by your (or thier) acts.
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  • dexterjibs wrote...
    what evil
    March 17, 2013 10:20 pm
    sadistic human beings this guy and his minions are. And, anyone that supports abortion.
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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    Doctor of a "rogue" abortion clinic?
    March 18, 2013 3:42 pm
    I guess that makes him a real "Fetus Fighter" in the Pro-Choice Martyrs Brigade! Maybe the courts can compromise and send him to a Womens Prison.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Sounds like a hero of the left to me....
    March 19, 2013 9:23 am
    ....baby butcher. May her forever be sodomized by The Devil in hell.....
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  • FormerMarineSgt wrote...
    @HPD 5-0 & RangerHawk
    April 23, 2013 5:26 pm
    I'm glad that you feel it necessary to inject inane, inaccurate rhetoric into this disgusting situation. There's not one pro-choice person on this planet that supports this doctor's actions - and you know it. This doctor crossed the line in far, far more ways than just failing to follow the law on procedures involving abortion - and he should pay for ALL of those crimes.
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  • Hank Reardon wrote...
    @ Former Marine Sargent
    April 30, 2013 10:35 am
    You State: "There's not one pro-choice person on this planet that supports this doctor's actions" Your are wrong, watch testimony by Planned Parenthood, they have NO PROBLEM with this http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/video-planned-parenthood-official-argues-right-post-birth-abortion_712198.html And there are reports that they knew about this and did nothing to report it Steinberg said that when Gosnell was in practice, women would sometimes come to Planned Parenthood for services after first visiting Gosnell's West Philadelphia clinic, and would complain to staff about the conditions there. "We would always encourage them to report it to the Department of Health," Steinberg said as she sat with Steinem before Tuesday's events. So it gets reported to planned parenthood, and they don't call the cops.
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  • RnD_Fan wrote...
    Disgusting
    April 12, 2013 1:13 pm
    And especially disgusting that we're just hearing about this in the news now.

    Disgusting!

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  • shark75 wrote...
    "They say they were just doing what the boss trained them to do."
    April 12, 2013 1:20 pm
    Ah, the Nuremberg defense. Fail. Rot in jail.
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  • FormerMarineSgt wrote...
    @shark75
    April 23, 2013 5:27 pm
    Agreed (and that's coming from someone you've likely called a liberal)
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  • Hayduke wrote...
    More Kermit Gosnell's is exactly the outcome the pro-lifers are pushing for.
    April 16, 2013 1:01 pm
    If the "forced birth movement" ever succeeds in outlawing abortion, there will be no regulation and oversight, no standards.

    Kinda like the gun debate. if you outlaw abortion, only criminals will provide them.

    Like it or not, women who want an abortion will get one. The only question is, HOW?

    Does the term "back alley butcher" ring a bell?

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  • Rangerhawk wrote...
    So Obamacare will fix it eh?
    April 16, 2013 2:32 pm
    Your just supposed to drink, not chug the Kool-Aid dude! In order for the "forced non-Caucasian abortion movement" to progress, this guy has to have all counts of murder reduced to 1 count of negligent homicide (the woman)!
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  • Hayduke wrote...
    Nope. Pro-choicers don't like Gosnell any more than you guys do.
    April 16, 2013 2:50 pm
    But don't let that fact get in the way of a good spin job.

    Like I've always said, your side pushes policies that ensure than there will be more Gosnells, for when you outlaw something, no matter what it is, you create a black market.

    And your side favors using government to force women into giving birth, even if that means jailing them and strapping them down.

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  • TeeJay wrote...
    Really? I didn't know that abortion was outlawed in Philly
    April 18, 2013 11:43 am
    According to Hayduke it's past time to legalize abortion in Philly so that "doctors" like Gosnell will get out of the black market abortion business. Hey wait a minute...abortion IS legal in Philly...and Gosnell was licensed...oh yeah but they still restrict abortion past 24 weeks....so Hayduke's "solution" is unrestricted abortion up to and including infanticide. No rights for the unborn and just born in Hayduke's utopia....
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  • The King's Son wrote...
    "forced birth movement"?
    April 30, 2013 7:20 pm
    Since when did despising infanticide get you labeled like that? One thing I hate about political hacks is their incessant need to come up with a catchy label for everyone they disagree with. It adds exactly nothing to the discussion and, in this case, belittles the legitimate disgust and valiant love for life that pro-lifers espouse.
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  • hnuh wrote...
    @M101...
    April 19, 2013 9:44 am
    I was thinking the same thing, I mean, really, no charges against this person? Why? I mean, reduced charges for cooperation would be ok but none? Now, to the right wing rant: Margaret Sanger, eugenicist and racist progressive that she was, opposed abortion. Even she recognized that abortion is murder. Sterilization and birth control she favored for the elimination of the "other" races and the defectives among the white race, but not killing babies. This "doctor" should be hung from a construction crane in the public square.
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  • FormerMarineSgt wrote...
    @hnuh
    April 23, 2013 5:31 pm
    AND Margaret Sanger gave up her those nasty qualities long before she died.
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  • The King's Son wrote...
    Why defend...
    April 30, 2013 7:24 pm
    ...such a disgusting human? Why feel the need to hold up this pathetic woman? Simply because liberals are supposed to enshrine her? Her legacy is forever marred by racism, sterilization, and the creation of the largest organization dedicated to limiting population of poor minorities in America.
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