Sen. Reid Says Gosnell Conviction Shows Americans Need Safe Place to Receive Abortions

Harry Reid: Kermit Gosnell Shows Need for Legal Abortion (Politico)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said convicted abortion Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who he called a “butcher,” is proof that access to safe, legal abortion is needed.

“What led to these convictions of murder of this man is the fact that people have been pushed back into these holes to do something that’s legal,” Reid said.

Gosnell was convicted on three counts of murder stemming from the deaths of infants who were born alive when he conducted abortions in a basement clinic in Philadelphia.