[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5824]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             KERMIT GOSNELL

  (Mrs. BLACK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACK. Mr. Speaker, I stand here today outraged and deeply 
saddened by the heartbreaking story of the abortion doctor, Kermit 
Gosnell. This is the man currently on trial for the murder of eight 
people, seven of whom were newborns who were killed after surviving 
late-term botched abortions in his ``house of horror'' clinic.
  But Gosnell didn't act alone. He had a host of silent co-conspirators 
who referred women to his practice knowing full well of the horrors 
that went on behind those closed doors. Meanwhile, the State boards 
gave Gosnell a free pass for 17 years by failing to inspect his clinic.
  When asked about Gosnell's crime, our President tells us he has no 
comment. Where is your outrage, Mr. President? Are you too busy 
preparing your remarks for tomorrow night's Planned Parenthood 
fundraising gala?
  My heart breaks that our country has reached a point where we are all 
not outraged by a practice that ends a beating heart and takes the 
lives of our most vulnerable in our society. May God forgive us.

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