PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, December 7, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – Many who saw Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer this fall say it left them deeply affected, but the true story of notorious abortionist Kermit Gosnell had an uphill battle reaching many audiences in the first place – including in the city where his crimes took place.
Gosnell depicts the Philadelphia abortionist’s arrest, trial, and conviction for the first-degree murder of three born-alive babies and the involuntary manslaughter of patient Karnamaya Mongar. It’s based “very heavily on actual court transcripts,” “dozens of hours of interviews” with Gosnell himself, and the grand jury report.
The film highlights the shocking details of the original trial, such as Gosnell cutting the spinal cords of hundreds of newborns; witnesses describing infants who survived initial abortion attempts as “swimming” in toilets “to get out”; the feet of aborted babies stored in a freezer; and the mainstream media’s initial avoidance of the story.
At PJ Media this week, Philadelphia-based journalist Thom Nickels writes that the film has gone largely ignored, and isn’t even readily accessible within the city.
“The film was released on October 12 but not one Philadelphia-based movie theater had yet booked the film weeks
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