Kermit Gosnell’s Grisly Legacy

Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia doctor who made headlines for murdering babies born alive in his abortion clinic, is dead at 85. He died March 1 at a hospital outside the prison system, according to Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson Maria Bivens.

A History of Horror

Gosnell’s clinic was notoriously known as the ‘house of horrors’ due to the grim conditions and brutal practices that took place there. Former employees testified that Gosnell would deliver babies who were still moving, whimpering, or breathing, and then kill them by ‘snipping’ their spines. He was also found guilty of running a prescription pill operation out of the clinic, where he’d charge cash-paying customers upwards of $150 for controlled substances. Gosnell didn’t testify at his 2013 trial, but his defense argued that the babies weren’t born alive and any movements were just posthumous twitches.