{"id":2583026,"date":"2026-03-23T17:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortionist-kermit-gosnell-dies-serving-life-sentence\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:45:40","slug":"abortionist-kermit-gosnell-dies-serving-life-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abortionist-kermit-gosnell-dies-serving-life-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Abortionist Kermit Gosnell dies serving life sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabortionist-kermit-gosnell-dies-serving-life-sentence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2583026&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Kermit Gosnell,the Philadelphia abortionist convicted of first-degree murder for three infants born alive during late-term abortions,died in state custody on the evening of March 1 while serving three consecutive life sentences. His clinic, the Women\u2019s Medical Society in Philadelphia, was nicknamed the \u201chouse of horrors\u201d after investigators found unsanitary conditions and dozens of fetal remains stored on site during a 2010 raid tied to drug investigations. Gosnell was arrested in 2011 and found guilty in 2013 of three counts of first-degree murder; in a separate case he pleaded guilty to distributing opioids from his clinic, receiving an additional 30-year sentence. the case sparked fierce national debate over physician duties toward infants born alive, abortion ethics, and how media covers abortion stories, with activists arguing that legacy media underreported the scandal. Investigative reporting by Ann McElhinney and phelim McAleer later highlighted Gosnell\u2019s crimes, and a Philadelphia judge in a subsequent move named reBuilding blocks conservator of his former property.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Abortionist Kermit Gosnell, infamous for infant murders, dies in prison custody<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2482575\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kermit-gosnell\/page\/2\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kermit-gosnell\/page\/2\/\">Kermit Gosnell<\/a>, the former abortionist convicted in Pennsylvania of first-degree murder of three born-alive infants during <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abortion\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/with-roe-in-the-balance-blue-states-push-for-abortion-on-demand\/\" title=\"With Roe in the Balance, Blue States Push for ... on Demand\">botched late-term abortions<\/a><\/a>, died this month in state custody.<\/p>\n<p>Gosnell, 85, was serving three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole in Huntingdon County after being convicted by a jury in May 2013. The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\">Pennsylvania Department of Corrections<\/a> confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Gosnell died at an outside hospital facility on the evening of March 1.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4500363\/suspect-loyola-student-killing-illegal-immigrant\/\">Suspect in Loyola student killing was in US illegally, DHS says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4498904\/gun-rights-advocates-progressives-hijacking-state-legislators\/\">Gun rights advocates warn progressives &#8216;hijacking&#8217; state legislators, pushing Democrats Left<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4499268\/patel-russian-cyber-actors-signal-scam\/\">Patel warns of cyber actors connected to Russian intelligence scamming Signal users<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Gosnell&rsquo;s clinic, the Women&rsquo;s Medical Society in Philadelphia, was notoriously nicknamed the &ldquo;house of horrors&rdquo; during his trial for the illicit late-term abortions and infanticide committed inside, with some observers estimating Gosnell likely murdered more than 200 infants through born-alive abortions exceedingly late in pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >case ignited fierce debate<\/a> over whether physicians have a duty to preserve infants born alive after failed abortions and at what point in fetal development abortions could be considered infanticide. It also led to scrutiny of major news outlets&rsquo; coverage of abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Gosnell&rsquo;s clinic was raided in February 2010 following an investigation from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Pennsylvania authorities, following suspected illicit prescription drug use at the practice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Investigators uncovered horrific scenes of not only unsanitary conditions but also dozens of fetal remains stored in freezers and other fetal body parts stored in plastic containers.<\/p>\n<p>Gosnell was eventually arrested in January 2011 following a grand jury investigation, in which he was charged with first-degree murder for killing seven infants born alive during failed abortions by snipping their spinal cords with scissors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The jury deliberated for 10 days and found Gosnell guilty of three counts of first-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate case, Gosnell pleaded guilty in 2013 to distributing the opioid OxyContin and other controlled substances from his clinic, for which he received an additional 30-year sentence on top of his life sentences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Activists on both sides of the abortion debate condemned Gosnell&rsquo;s clinic for being unsafe, including featuring broken equipment, bloodstained chairs, a pervasive urine smell, and general unhygienic conditions that put patients at risk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While anti-abortion activists said the case demonstrated the evils of the abortion industry, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jennifer-aniston-on-abortion-laws-i-repeat-no-uterus-no-opinion\/\" title=\"Jennifer Aniston On ... Laws: \u2018I Repeat \u2026 No Uterus, No Opinion\u2019\">abortion-rights advocates<\/a> at the time said that anti-abortion laws and advocacy would push patients toward illicit care facilities such as Gosnell&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>Gosnell&rsquo;s trial became one of the first &ldquo;Twitter storms&rdquo; in which conservatives expressed outrage that legacy media outlets were failing to cover the story. Public pressure eventually spurred legacy media such as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/05\/14\/us\/kermit-gosnell-abortion-doctor-found-guilty-of-murder.html\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>  to cover the ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>The news of Gosnell&rsquo;s death was first reported by investigative journalist Ann McElhinney, who extensively covered his 2013 trial and interviewed Gosnell in prison in 2015.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>McElhinney and her colleague Phelim McAleer <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/phelimmcaleer.substack.com\/p\/exclusive-kermit-gosnell-is-dead?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;triedRedirect=true\">described Gosnell <\/a>in their reporting as &ldquo;a chilling monster who could sometimes come across as charming&rdquo; and said he &ldquo;seemed unfazed by his crimes.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/whyy.org\/articles\/kermit-gosnell-abortion-clinic-philadelphia-nonprofit-conservator\/\">Philadelphia judge<\/a> named the nonprofit organization reBuilding Blocks the new conservator of Gosnell&rsquo;s former property in November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kermit Gosnell, infamous abortionist, dies in prison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2666,"featured_media":2583027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP18298658879939.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4310,6499,76405,61090,4853],"class_list":["post-2583026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abortion","tag-death","tag-kermit-gosnell","tag-life-sentence-2","tag-trial"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP18298658879939.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583026"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583030,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583026\/revisions\/2583030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2583027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}