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Feminists for Life remembers Karnamaya Mongar, a poor refugee, and her
unborn child who died in 2009 after an abortion at the clinic owned by
abortion provider Kermit Gosnell. We also remember countless other
babies who were aborted at his West Philadelphia clinic.
Gosnell is on trial for third-degree murder of Mongar and
first-degree murder in the deaths of seven babies. However one staffer,
Adrienne Moton, admitted under oath that she snipped the spines of at
least ten babies who Gosnell prematurely forced to be born. One infant
was so big he reportedly joked that it could walk to the bus stop on its
own. Moton, a woman with no college education or medical training,
administered anesthesia and assisted in abortions. For that she earned
about $10 an hour (which was off the books), to perform sonograms,
administer drugs, and dispose of fetal remains. Workers reportedly
received $20 bonuses for second-term abortions on Saturdays.
During the trial, another teen said she was given abortion drugs in
Delaware then sent home for two days. When the pain became excruciating
she was directed to Gosnell's West Philadelphia clinic, but the pain
only worsened. Her aunt paid Gosnell $1,300 but, they still did not tell
her mother. "I never felt pain like that, ever," she said adding, "I
couldn't talk to anybody and tell anybody." Now she is testifying in
open court that she ended up being hospitalized for two weeks for a
large abscess and a blood clot near her heart. Prosecutors say she is
one of many patients injured during botched abortions or due to
unsanitary conditions.
"The unrepentant Gosnell evidently preyed upon desperately poor
women, teens who were to ashamed to talk to their parents, and women who
were abandoned," said FFL President Serrin Foster. "But let's remember a
variation of this happens thousands of times a day across the country.
The fact that most unborn children are younger and smaller doesn't mean
that they--or their mothers--are less valuable. Either way they don't
have a chance without our help. We have to do more to reach those at
highest risk, especially the poorest among us who are such easy
targets."
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