Abortion Doc&#39;s Arrest Shouldn&#39;t Mean More Restrictions
Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell's recent indictment has sparked a
campaign to further restrict late-term abortions. That's the
wrong message to take from his crimes.  The Philadelphia
Inquirer quotes Michael McMonagle of the Pro-Life Union of
Southeastern Pennsylvania, who says Gosnell's arrest for the
murder of a woman and several already-born infants "adds a sense
of urgency and makes the issue tangible." Gosnell is also
accused of performing abortions after Pennsylvania's 24-week
deadline — McMonagle's group would like to roll that back to 16
weeks. He says he's "puzzled" by pro-choicers outrage at
Gosnell: "Once you dehumanize the unborn child, what Gosnell is
is just a logical extension of the so-called right to choose.
Human rights begin when human life begins."  The idea that all
abortion providers are just one step away (if that) from a
blood-stained, fetal-feet-filled "house of horrors" is pretty
much a fixture of anti-choice rhetoric, an