Abortion Debate in America Reignited
Recent Case of Doctor Kermit Gosnell Puts Abortion In Focus
(CBS) WASHINGTON - It's been 38 years since Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal. Passions over this issue haven't faded with time. This week, hundreds of thousands of abortion rights opponents protested on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court. While on Capitol Hill, House Republicans are pushing for new limits on abortion.
A similar movement has already gained support in a lot of state capitals. CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric puts abortion restrictions "In Focus."
A similar movement has already gained support in a lot of state capitals. CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric puts abortion restrictions "In Focus."
Dr. Kermit Gosnell is a west Philadelphia doctor who was never trained as an ob-gyn," CBS News correspondent Elaine Quijano said. "But in fact, prosecutors say he carried out illegal late-term abortions."
Gosnell has been charged with killing seven babies after they were born alive and for the murder of one woman. Remains from the procedures were in trash bags around his clinic.
"There were fetal remains in the same exact refrigerator that the employees had their lunch in that day," the prosecutor said.
Criminal abuse like this is extremely rare, but that is not stopping both sides in the abortion debate from using the case to re-energize supporters.
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