Kermit Gosnell's defense attorney Jack McMahon

Finding a witness’ true voice at the Gosnell trail

Abortion |  PHILADELPHIA—It’s easy to see why the prosecution saved Kareema Cross for last in its five-week case against abortionist Kermit Gosnell. She was a…

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Abortion |  The shocking part of the Kermit Gosnell trial isn't only what's illegal

Karnamaya Mongar

Broken scales and death at the Gosnell trial

Abortion |  PHILADELPHIA—In 1951, the same year I was born, two baby girls in Prairie du Chien, Wis., were accidentally switched at birth, and the mistake did not come…

Being subtly snubbed by the ‘inner ring’

Being subtly snubbed by the ‘inner ring’

Faith & Inspiration |  PHILADELPHIA—I take the train to the Kermit Gosnell trial and it’s a half-hour commute, so it’s a good time to read the Bible, but not a good time to…

Karnamaya Mongar and her husband.

Life and death arguments at the Gosnell trial

Abortion |  PHILADELPHIA—Storing an aborted baby for disposal in “a cherry limeade container” is idiosyncratic, but can you convict someone for it? Hospital…

The directory at Kermit Gosnell's Women's Medical Society in West Philadelphia.

The indefensible impugning the indefensible at the Gosnell trial

Abortion |  PHILADELPHIA—When you are dealing with indefensible people trying to impugn other indefensible people, the following examples are what it comes to in the…

The front window of Gosnell's West Philadelphia abortion center.

At the Gosnell trial: It takes a village to wreck a child

Abortion |  “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6). PHILADELPHIA—But what if you train up a…

Kermit Gosnell's

Documenting death rather than preserving life in the Gosnell trial

Abortion |  PHILADELPHIA—Refreshingly, someone took the witness stand Wednesday in the Kermit Gosnell murder trial who had nothing to do with killing babies—neither…

Jim Wallis

Gutless wonders racing off a sinking ship

Marriage |  The ship of marriage is sinking fast. Last week saw another noted public figure evacuating in a lifeboat from the S.S. Traditional Wedlock : Jim Wallis of…

Sherry West

The Gosnell trial’s bewildered witness

Abortion |  PHILADELPHIA—If abortionist Kermit Gosnell’s murder trial were an old Perry Mason episode, yesterday would have been the day when the famous defender would…

A police car parked outside of Kermit Gosnell's abortion mill.

Gosnell’s ‘fireman in hell’

Abortion |  PHILADELPHIA—Last Thursday, during abortionist Kermit Gosnell’s murder trial, a man in an olive green prison jumpsuit occupied the witness stand all day.

Kermit Gosnell's defense attorney Jack McMahon.

The Gosnell courtroom’s cast of characters

Abortion |  PHILADELPHIA—I am not saying a trial is a play, but there are aspects of it that are very much like a stage drama. The first thing one notices upon entering…

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