mr. gosnell.hat is surprising is he pulled out the race card saying the only reason big government was coming after this man was he was african-american and trying to help poor, urban women. i don't think that went over well from the jury from the reactions i saw. eric, the whole trial he has been saying this is a rush to judgment. he used that statement again today saying they were trying to pile on the evidence and got all of those people to plead guilty including one person charged in the case to murder. everybody is afraid of the government and this is a persecuted man, a champion of the people and of women. >> a couple of thoughts. you have extensive notes on the trial and it is great. the defense attorney pleading to the jury, you are doing your civic duty and doing a great job. he hasn't been under to without reasonable -- there is reasonable doubt so we can't find him guilty. i found him interesting that he said he gave them a solution to the problem meaning the aborted babies and the moth

while none of these deaths attract the headlines of the gosnell case, each loss is a tragedy. mr. stutzman: each of these defenseless babies are just as innocent as gosnell's victims. just as human as you and i and precious as our own children. there is no moral distinction between killing a baby five minutes after birth or ending her life five minutes or even five days before delivery. in the coming weeks more questions will be asked. who referred patients to gosnell's house of horrors? and what can be learned from these atrocities? today we all ought to re-examine our national conscience. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida -- >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. every day over 3,200 children are born in this great country. the same country that's called the land of the free and home of the brave. this isn't just unacceptable, it's a horrific tragedy and my heart goes out to all the women who feel that abortion is the only option.

mr. speaker, it is true that apparently in dr. gosnell's mind, there was little difference between a late-term abortion and killing a baby after birth. and make no mistake about it, these children were killed because the trial right now is for seven cases of murder. on those newborns. interestingly, only discovered because of the death of the mother. and to show how flippantly many states have dealt with the issue of regulating clinics like that, we would never have known unless this mother died. and in my home state of maryland, two deaths have recently occurred and only as a has the those deaths department of health and mental hygiene decided that, yes, maybe we actually should regulate clinics with this kind of surgery -- where this kind of surgery is done. closed four e've of those clinics until they would bring them up to standards that we would consider modern medical practice. let's pay attention. because my specialty is anesthesiologist, to what was going on in that clinic in pennsylvania. dr. gosnell hired a surgical technician, th

gosnell. >> bill: why? >> the defense argument from mr.ahon was that there was insufficient evidence to prove viability that these babies were born alive. and he tied in the testimony. >> bill: how many more charges are against him? >> they still have five charges. >> bill: five? >> four babies that were born alive. eyewitness testimony. heard the babies crying, everything. and one woman that died. >> that's enough to get this guy put away for life. >> right. by the way tomorrow some congress people have written a letter to cbs, abc, and nbc news chief saying why aren't you covering this story? we are going to have the congresswoman on to signed that letter tomorrow. all right, ladies, thanks very much as always. jon stewart going after cnn over its terror bomb coverage. that report moments away. >> bill: back ever the book segment tonight, our pal jon stewart really pounding cnn over its terror bombing coverage. >> while all the other networks chose to have what you call it their anchor in the studio that kept the chaotic coverage from go

mr. speaker, i rise today along with several of my pro-life colleagues to bring attention to the ongoing trial of kermit gosnell, an abortionist in philadelphia. mr. johnson: he ask charged with murdering a woman and first-degree murder of four infants who survived abortions cutting their by spinal cord by a pair of scissors. he had a solution for unwanted babies. he killed them. he didn't call it that. he called ensuring fetal demise. i'm horrified for the lack of respect this doctor has for human life, and i'm appalled of the little media coverage of the gosnell trial. i hope that the images revealed by this trial will raise awarren of the gruesome practices -- awareness of the gruesome practices and prevent the ending of human life that occurs every day across this country and with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from west virginia seek recognition? wowed, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. mckinley: mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of the helping sick americans act. i co-sponsored this legislation because it addresses something that is

mr. speaker. i rise today to raise awareness about the grave atrocities committed by kermit gosnell against innocenthis philadelphia abortion clinic. witnesses called the clinic a house of horrors. and describe a procedure known as snipping in which the back of babies' next are cut with scissors to, quote, ensure fetal demise, end quote. abortion clinics across our nation take the lives of 1.2 million babies every year. this is murder and it must be stopped. we have the responsibility to protect the unborn as well as the sanctity of all innocent human life. these wholesale murder clinics continue to take innocent lives. the prosecution of kermit gosnell is a positive step towards stopping our nation's slide toward unrestricted abortions. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. across this country we are seeing