Is the media ignoring the 'House of Horrors' murder trial?

The gruesome case of an allegedly murderous abortion doctor receives scant national coverage, leading to charges of liberal media bias

Philadelphia Doctor Kermit Gosnell is charged with murdering seven babies.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Philadelphia Police Department via Philadelphia District Attorney's Office)

"This case is about a doctor who killed babies and endangered women," the grand jury report in the case of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell begins.

Gosnell is charged with seven counts of first-degree murder, and the specific details of the alleged crimes are gruesome and disturbing. The abortion clinic where he worked has been dubbed a "House of Horrors," and the grand jury report is loaded with graphic accounts of mutilation, evisceration, and violent, unsanitary late-term abortions.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.