We can drop the “alleged,” because on Monday a Philadelphia jury convicted Kermit Gosnell of three counts of first degree murder, plus one count of manslaughter, in the deaths of three infants and one patient in his Philadelphia clinic. There are hundreds more babies, receiving no justice, who also died at the murderous hands of Mr. Gosnell. To avoid the death penalty, something he did not consider for his helpless victims, on Tuesday Mr. Gosnell, coward that he is, agreed not to appeal his conviction. In return, today the judge imposed a life sentence, with zero possibility of parole. (Mr. Gosnell is 72 and there are a lot of shanks in the general population, who I hear vehemently dislike baby killers, but I digress…) The verdict came as no surprise to many of us. And neither did the response from Planned Parenthood’s President, Ilyse Hogue:

“Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty and will get what he deserves. Now, let’s make sure these women are vindicated by delivering what all women deserve: access to the full range of health services including safe, high-quality and legal abortion care.”

No reference to murdered babies. No sorrow for the slaughter of innocents at the hands of a so-called doctor. Just the furthering of the “women as victim” narrative coupled with an insistence that we continue the horror that is late-term abortion disguised as “care.”

Preceding the verdict, the Democrat-controlled Colorado legislature passed legislation that protects – yes, you read that right – the Kermit Gosnells of Colorado from prosecution for the very procedures of which Gosnell was convicted. It reads, in part:

“…that “nothing in this act shall be construed to confer personhood, or any rights associated with that status, on a human being at any time prior to live birth. Nothing in this article shall permit the prosecution of a person for any act of providing medical, surgical or any other type of care.”

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