Abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted on May 20 of three counts of first-degree murder. Dr. Gosnell ran an abortion business in West Philadelphia that prosecutors called a “house of horrors.” After ten days of deliberation, the jury found Gosnell guilty in the deaths of Baby A, Baby C, and Baby D.

Also on May 20, Cardinal Sean O’Malley boycotted Boston College’s graduation ceremony due to the Jesuit university’s decision to confer an honorary law degree on Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, whom the Cardinal protested for “aggressively promoting abortion legislation.” Since 2004, the USCCB has called on Catholic institutions to “not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles.”

The Choice Medical Group, a chain of six Northern California late-term abortion businesses, went out of business in May. A Choice Medical representative explained, “We just didn’t have enough patients.” In 2008 and 2009, the Sacramento 40 Days for Life prayed at Choice Medical on Butano Drive, one of the businesses that closed.

In parting, I’d like to share a poem that I wrote for one of the babies saved from Choice Medical on Butano.

Khya (kai-ya)

The courage of a mother and
The love she showed her child
The Lord repaid a thousand-fold
When baby Khya smiled.

The doctors said her baby could
Not possibly survive,
But Khya proved the doctors wrong
And is today alive.

The doctors said abortion was
The only thing to do,
But Stephanie had faith and hope
And love to see her through.

Vivat Jesus!

Bill James
Culture of Life Director