“In a Congressional hearing on Wednesday United States Attorney General Eric Holder revealed that he did not know whether the Born Alive Infant Protection Act has ever been enforced.  The Born Alive Infant Protection Act provides that all federal protections for persons apply also to infants born alive, including those killed by Kermit Gosnell.  In light of ample evidence that there are Gosnell-type practices at other abortion clinics across America, including today's report in the New York Times, it is criminal if the Justice Department, like the Pennsylvania Department of Health, puts politics ahead of women’s health and the protection of babies struggling for life after a failed abortion.”  

-Maureen Ferguson, Senior Policy Advisor, The Catholic Association

“In light of the gruesome treatment of women and babies that is on display in the Kermit Gosnell trial and the Live Action Inhuman exposé, it is entirely appropriate that the House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), has sent a letter today to public health officials in each state asking how they regulate abortion facilities. Likewise, we applaud the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), who yesterday sent a similar letter to the state attorneys general demanding oversight for facilities that perform abortions.  The abortion practices, both legal and illegal, that have been revealed by the Gosnell trial and described by abortionists themselves in the Live Action undercover videos are a heartbreaking violation of the human rights of the least among us -- we applaud Congress for taking a first step to address this injustice."

Maureen Ferguson, Senior Policy Advisor, The Catholic Association

The Hill: Congress Blog

05/08/13 12:30 PM ET

By Maureen Malloy Ferguson, senior policy advisor, The Catholic Association

It will be downright unfair if Dr. Kermit Gosnell is found guilty of murder this week at his abortion-infanticide trial in Philadelphia.  His defense attorney made a convincing case in closing arguments that abortion doctors end pregnancies every day, so why single out Gosnell?    Perhaps he operated under particularly unsanitary conditions, was singularly incompetent, and committed medical malpractice, but, really, murder? 

In fact, the judge in Gosnell’s case has already dropped three of the murder charges because the medical examiner said he could not prove those babies were alive after birth.  The murder case against Gosnell rests entirely on the location of the victim (in inches, mind you) at the time of death, not in the fact that the victim was killed. The main difference between Gosnell and other abortion doctors is that he couldn’t get the job done before the baby came out.  He tried doing it like his peers at Planned Parenthood --the industry leader which is worthy of half a billion dollars annually in tax-payer funds.  

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Fox News Latino

May 06, 2013

By Grazie Pozo Christie

 A large percentage of abortion clinics in the United States are located in minority neighborhoods. My diagnostic radiology practice is too. Most of our receptionists and technicians are bilingual, although we have some that only speak Spanish. Many of us speak basic Creole, enough not only to communicate instructions, but also to elicit a happy smile from our Haitian patients who are made to feel at home. 

The government's eagle eye is trained on us with oppressive attention. We have regulations that determine the most minute details of our practice. From the signs in the corridors, to the special phone for the hearing impaired, to our countless written protocols for every possible adverse event, to our strict privacy and reporting rules, every little detail is determined by a host of regulations from on high. We have a full time employee just to make sure we are in compliance with state and federal guidelines. We tremble in fear when we get news of a visit from Medicare or from the state health care administration. One tiny infraction and we could be closed down.

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