October 24, 2018: Pro-choice? Watch Gosnell Movie * Letter to the Editor * OPINION PAGE * Del Rio News-Herald
Letter to the Editor,
Pro-choice?
Watch Gosnell movie
Haven’t
heard of the movie “Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer”? Or the book “Gosnell: The
Untold Story of America's Most Prolific Serial Killer”? Or the actual
abortionist’s trial in Philadelphia in 2013 which are depicted in the book and
movie?
It’s been blacklisted and censored by
powerful pro-abortion organizations. Gosnell was
given free rein, all in the name of protecting so-called women’s reproductive
rights.
Even without
publicity, the book when first published sold out in three days and was
the fourth bestselling hardcover nonfiction title in the country.
Gosnell is currently
serving life in prison for first-degree
murder, involuntary manslaughter, illegal late-term abortions, and violation of
the 24-hour informed-consent law. Ironically, he was brought to trial by a
pro-choice prosecutor.
He
ran a “house of horrors”; employed untrained, unlicensed workers in a deplorable, filthy facility
with broken and unsterile equipment, born-alive babies stored in refrigerators
alongside food, a “trophy case” of jars exhibiting babies’ feet and cats inside
the clinic, their excrement littering the floor.
Since the
movie wasn’t showing in Del Rio, I saw it in Uvalde on its October 12 nation-wide
opening-weekend. Despite the widespread media blackout, it came in 12th
at the Box Office.
The movie rated
PG-13 is basically a court-room drama. The previews of coming-attractions were far
more grisly and ghastly.
Earl Billings
deserves accolades and awards for his stunning portrayal of Gosnell as a
mild-mannered, classical piano-playing evil-monster. Unfortunately he won’t
even be considered.
Stay for the
closing credits with actual photos taken by detectives.
Like all creatively
crafted movies it doesn’t show the gory, gruesome details of the reality of
abortion, but leaves it to the imagination of the audience which affects each
person on a deeply personal and emotional level conjuring up far more horrific
images than could ever be depicted on the screen.
The movie
shines the light of truth on abortion and the hands-off attitude maintained by
a tolerant and accepting media.
See Gosnell,
you’ll never think about abortion in the same way.
Marian Casillas, Ed.D.
Del Rio, Texas