Abortion is a hot-button issue, but in my view, it is not the real issue in the horrific case described in this article. A sociopath calling himself a doctor in Philadelphia operated a clinic where he performed late-trimester abortions. This graduate of the Josef Mengele School of Medicine caused the death of one of his victims patients due to gross negligence. More horrifically he deliberately murdered infants born alive during the procedure by stabbing a scissor into the backs of their necks.
This was my comment regarding the case.
The first issue at hand is the fact that murders were committed. The death of Karnamaya Mongar was due to gross negligence on Gosnell's part, but the deaths of the infants born alive were straight up murder. When the fetus is born alive it ceases to be a fetus. It is a living infant. Sticking a pair of scissors into its neck and severing its spinal cord is murder.
Whether or not abortion should be legal is a different issue entirely. It is my belief that abortion should be legal on demand during the first trimester of pregnancy. After the first trimester it should, in my opinion, be legal if the fetus is not viable or would be severely handicapped to the point that its life would be one of misery, or if the life of the mother is in danger. However, any fetus that is born alive should be saved if it has a chance of being healthy, or allowed to die peacefully in a comfortable setting if it is severely compromised. No infant should ever be actively murdered as this so called doctor did to these poor babies unfortunate enough to be born in his so-called clinic.
