Kermit Gosnell on Trial

Kermit Gosnell is a late term abortionist. I don’t remember reading about him when he got arrested a couple of years ago, but now he is on trial. Women have died under his care – though the word care – is not appropriate. How can this be any sort of health care? The grand jury report is horrifying (do not read it if you cannot handle gruesome details). He damaged women. He killed babies who could have survived. He cut off baby parts to keep as trophies. It’s sick, sick, sick.

Yet, this trial brings to light the utter absurdity of how we define life. Why does the baby become a patient once outside the womb but is allowed to be butchered inside? Isn't the baby worth saving the moment it comes into being? This so-called reproductive health care always ends badly for the baby. I am appalled that we can ignore this holocaust (more than 3,000 babies killed in the womb every single day in the US alone). And no, contraception does not lead to fewer abortions, as is typically thought. Read this insightful article to see what contraception really leads to. But I digress. This issue has too many dimensions to cover in a blog post.

If ever I was in favor of death penalty, this case would be it. But my faith doesn’t allow me to do this. We cannot take someone’s life. No matter how evil. It’s in God’s hands. Let Gosnell live out his life in prison, where he can hopefully come to realize the gravity of what he has done. Just maybe, he will repent and ask for mercy.

Of course, each and every one of us is culpable, because without our collective madness, we wouldn't have gone down the slippery slope of death as a solution to social problems. We can climb out of this pit by strengthening the family, practicing charity, but first and foremost, recognizing evil for what it is. 

Holy Innocents, pray for us.
St. Michael, pray for us.

Mary, pray for us.

Domine, miserere nobis.

Edited to add: Torture inflicted by Gosnell a perfect picture of abortion in America