Pennsylvania Senate Cracks Down on Abortion Centers After Gosnell

by Steven Ertelt  LifeNews.com
6/14/11
The Pennsylvania Senate today passed a bill that would crack down on abortion centers in the wake of the scandal involving Kermit Gosnell, the abortion practitioner who ran a horrific abortion center.

Gosnell’s center was found to be filthy and in violation of numerous state health and safety laws and he put women’s health at risk with botched abortions that ultimately killed at least one woman and injured others. Gosnell also used a live birth abortion technique that essentially had him birthing unborn children for the sole purpose of killing them in infanticides using medical scissors to “snip” their spinal cords.

The aftermath of numerous investigations found state officials ignored complaints about the abortion center and that the state government had not inspected it or other abortion businesses. Today, the Pennsylvania Senate, in a move to protect women’s health, passed legislation that would raise safety standards at abortion facilities in the Commonwealth. the rest