In the Gosnell trial today an unavoidable walk back showcases the reality of determination of life.
The judge walked back a previous ruling surrounding “Baby C”, reversing his previous ruling that a murder charge on “that child” could not progress. Baby C was alive for 20 minutes when placed in a shoe box – before he died, so the judge ruled that one, was indeed, potentially, murder.
The HUMAN CREATED insanity of the challenge facing the judge is brutally obvious. Which babies are actually babies, and which are not – the definition of “life” being fought in the courtroom.
The baby whose foot merely kicked as he tried to live is considered not eligible for legal protection. The baby who breathed a little longer is…… what determines who qualifies and who does not?
A few breaths only and the baby can be discarded – but wiggle a bit more, breathe a little more, or fight a little harder…. and something changes. What exactly is it that changes? At what point does that change occur?
These are the actual arguments taking place inside a Philadelphia courtroom.
Humanity screams so loudly – the voices of the attorney’s are irrelevant…. and I find myself filled with brutally painful tears for those who are dead under such definitions.
PHILADELPHIA – The judge in the Kermit Gosnell murder trial admitted today he made an error when dropping one of the charges against the abortion practitioner.
Common pleas court Judge Jeffrey Minehart admitted he “erred” when dropping the murder charge for Baby C, who was killed in an abortion-infanticide when he was a victim of an attempted abortion but was born alive and tossed in a shoe box, with Gosnell staffers confirming they saw him breathing for 20 minutes.
Gosnell faces eight total murder counts — one for killing a woman in a botched abortion and seven for killing babies in abortion-infanticides that involved live-birth abortions and snipping their necks after birth. The judge received heavy criticism yesterday for dropping three of the murder charges.
Gosnell’s defense attorney asked the judge to drop three of the charges for killing the babies and the judge agreed with the contention there was not enough evidence to convict Gosnell on those charges. Another charge of infanticide was also dropped. He still faces the other charges the prosecution has brought and the murder trial will continue on them.
One of the three charges the judge dropped includes a 28-week unborn baby who was killed in an abortion-infanticide and eventually discovered in a freezer at Gosnell’s clinic. Another involved “Baby B,” about whom a Gosnell staffer testified was a newborn child who survived a failed abortion and was still breathing into a shoe box.
The third murder charge thrown out was for “Baby G,” who was the subject of testimony of a former Gosnell staff who, in the grand jury report, said he saw alive. Steven Massoff said he saw exhibit “a respiratory excursion,” meaning a breath.
The reinstated charge involves Baby C — about whom a Gosnell staffer testified was a newborn child who survived a failed abortion and was still breathing into a shoe box. (read more)
