The trial of Kermit Gosnell, who was found guilty of murdering three babies (or, as the New York Times put it, three fetuses that had been removed from their mothers), pulled back the curtain on the horrors of late-term abortion. Fox News contributor Sally Kohn managed to find the lesson in it all: the way to keep prevent future Gosnells was to keep abortion safe, legal and affordable. Putting the happy face back on abortion would be a struggle, but advocates haven’t given up.
The shadow of Gosnell looms large over the abortion debate, inspiring the “far-reaching” Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which passed the House today but has no chance in the Senate. The bill restricts most abortions past 20 weeks after conception, which accounts for fewer than 2 percent of all abortions performed. But, as Rep. Nancy Pelosi has said, the protection of late-term abortion is “sacred ground.” Don’t dare call her an extremist, though.
@sallykohn You realize U.S. abortion policy is the most radical in the world?
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) June 18, 2013
80% of the country opposes late term abortion and are you saying you are pro-abortion @sallykohn?
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) June 19, 2013
Yes! Rights not subject to popular vote. MT @KatiePavlich: 80% of country opposes late term abortion & you are pro-abortion @sallykohn?
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) June 19, 2013
So much for all of those tweets, then, claiming that 90 percent or more of American citizens favored sweeping gun control legislation. If something’s a right, it’s a right, and as far as the Obama administration is concerned, the right to choose is a Constitutional right, and any challenge to Roe v. Wade shows contempt for the Constitution itself.
So you are willing to say you are pro-abortion, do you also think a fetus is life but that it doesn't matter @sallykohn?
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) June 19, 2013
@sallykohn If there's nothing morally wrong w/abortions post-20 weeks, they why would it foster an anti-abortion climate? @KatiePavlich
— SmokeNMirrors71 (@SmokeNMirrors71) June 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/szysgt/status/347176444427915264
@szysgt @sallykohn About 1.2 million per year * 1.5% = 18000
— Southern Grandma (@CoFemale) June 19, 2013
https://twitter.com/szysgt/status/347178908791209986
"JUST" 900 Newtowns?? RT @szysgt: So @sallykohn , it's *JUST* 18,000 babies??#whatdifferencedoesitmake@CoFemale
— Barbara McMahon (@southsalem) June 19, 2013
@KatiePavlich we are all waiting patiently for @sallykohn to respond….http://t.co/Iavg9EfCwX
— Hair (@SHannitysHair) June 19, 2013
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