Hey, why is ex-clinic director and Pa. Gov. candidate Rep. Allyson Schwartz silent on Gosnell trial?

Lori Ziganto | 11:57 AM on April 14, 2013

Boom.

As Twitchy reported, J.D. Mullane is the Bucks County Courier Times columnist who took the photo of the empty rows of media seating at the Kermit Gosnell trial. He also reported that a CNN journalist told him that a “small staff” was the reason a reporter couldn’t be sent to cover the horrifying Gosnell trial.

Now, he is doing the job that most journalists won’t do. He’s asking Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) her thoughts on Gosnell. You see, Ms. Schwartz helped found, and ran, the Elizabeth Blackwell Health Center, a Planned Parenthood clinic, where abortions were performed. In Pennsylvania.

Onetime abortion clinic owner Allyson Schwartz jumps into Pa. governor's race http://t.co/LKHqp0THzS via @USATODAY

— Tony A. Phyrillas (@TonyPhyrillas) April 9, 2013

Most Dems are pro-abortion, but Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz actually ran an abortion clinic http://t.co/kp2KIkABI4

— Tony A. Phyrillas (@TonyPhyrillas) April 1, 2013

More from Philly.com:

But as the five-term U.S. representative from Montgomery County prepares her campaign for the 2014 Democratic gubernatorial nomination, many in her party, including backers of possible rivals, fret that Schwartz’s political profile could make her vulnerable to Republican attacks in a general election.

The concern mentioned most often: Not only does Schwartz strongly support abortion rights, but before entering politics, she ran a Philadelphia women’s health clinic where abortions were performed.