A Roundup of Reporting on the Kermit Gosnell Case
Kermit Gosnell is on trial after his arrest in January 2011. Here is a roundup of coverage of the case from Rewire and elsewhere.
Kermit Gosnell is on trial after his arrest in January 2011. Here is a roundup of coverage of the case from Rewire and elsewhere.
From Rewire:
Secrecy, Stigma: Roots of Substandard Abortion Care, Charlotte Taft, April 8, 2010
Doctor Who Performed Illegal Abortions Indicted for Murder, Amie Newman, January 19, 2011
Quality Abortion Care is the Norm, Despite Recent Headlines, Vicki Saporta, January 21, 2011
Why Did They Seek Abortions There? How Abortion Bans Threaten Women’s Lives, Patty Skuster and Susan Schewel, January 24, 2011
Illegal Abortion Providers and Anti-Choice Irresponsibility, Amanda Marcotte, January 24, 2011
Podcast: STI Stigma, Memphis Pregnancies, and Confronting Kermit Gosnell, Amanda Marcotte, January 30, 2011
Learning the Right Lessons From the Philadelphia Abortion Clinic Disaster, Carole Joffe, January 31, 2011
Dr. Gosnell Is Not Me, Dr. Lynette Leighton, February 15, 2011
Pennsylvania Joins in Proliferation of Dangerous TRAP Laws, Jodi Jacobson, September 11, 2011
Separating Truth From Lies Around the Kermit Gosnell Case, Amanda Marcotte, April 14, 2013
Media Silence on Gosnell? Let’s Talk About the Women of Color Without Decent Health Care , Erin Grant, April 16, 2013
Other coverage:
It takes one bad abortion clinic…, Kate Harding, Salon, February 24, 2010
Doctor Is Charged in Killing of Newborns, Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times, January 19, 2011
‘House of horrors’ alleged at abortion clinic, MSNBC, January 19, 2011
Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell charged with murdering 7 infants with scissors, Lauren Johnston, New York Daily News, January 19, 2011
Why the Pa. Abortion Doc’s Case Is About Poverty, Not Roe v. Wade, Belinda Luscombe, Time, January 20, 2011
The Twisted Abortion Doctor, Michelle Goldberg, The Daily Beast, January 20, 2011
Kermit Gosnell, Phila. Abortion Doctor, Seems Confused by Murder Charges, Shocked by No Bail, Caroline Black, CBS News, January 21, 2011
Kermit Gosnell Abortion Clinic Was Not Inspected For 17 Years, Marian Wang, ProPublica January 21, 2011
Philly abortion clinic horror highlights need for more access, Lori Adelman,The Grio, January 21, 2011
Squalid Abortion Clinic Escaped State Oversight, Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times, January 22, 2011
Dr. Kermit Gosnell’s Horror Show, Katha Pollitt, The Nation, January 27, 2011
How Kermit Gosnell Got Over—and Poor Women of Color Paid the Price, Akiba Solomon, Colorlines, February 1, 2011
Doctor accused of severing babies’ spines with scissors in ‘house of horrors’, CNN, Mark Morganstein, March 4, 2013
Abortion Doctor’s Murder Trial Opens, The New York Times, Jon Hurdle, March 18, 2013
In Kermit Gosnell abortion case, ex-employees say clinic was horrific place, Maryclaire Dale, Washington Post, April 12, 2013
Kermit Gosnell, Abortion Doctor, Enters 5th Week Of Murder Trial; More Gruesome Details Revealed, Maryclaire Dale, Washington Post, April 15, 2013
The Gosnell case: Here’s what you need to know, Sarah Kliff, Washington Post, April 15, 2013
Five Lessons from the Gosnell Abortion-Clinic Controversy, Scott Lemieux, The American Prospect, April 15, 2013
Kermit Gosnell trial: Will it affect abortion rights?, Linda Feldman, Christian Science Monitor, April 15, 2013
If More Funding Went to Safe, Legal Abortions, Would Kermit Gosnell Have Happened?, Jeff Deeney, The Atlantic, April 15, 2013
Kermit Gosnell Murder Trial: Pennsylvania abortion doctor’s trial enters 5th week, CBS News, April 15, 2013
The real Kermit Gosnell story? Misogyny, Jill Filipovic, Al Jazeera, April 16, 2013
What the Gosnell Horror Reveals About the Abortion Debate, Sarah Seltzer, The Jewish Daily Forward, April 17, 2013