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Gosnell's Babies: Inside the Mind of America's Most Notorious Abortion Doctor (Kindle Single) by [Steve Volk]

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"With all due respect, Stephen King's Doctor Sleep is not the season's most frightening book. That distinction belongs to Gosnell's Babies." — Alexander Nazaryan, The Atlantic Wire

"Very well written ... A must-read for anybody who followed this case." — Jake Tapper, CNN

In this chilling tale set against the backdrop of one of the most controversial issues of our times, award-winning journalist Steve Volk tells the decades-long saga of Kermit Gosnell — the abortion doctor whose clinic in a poor section of Philadelphia was revealed to be a house of horrors.

Volk — the only journalist to speak to Gosnell since his conviction and imprisonment — brings the eccentric doctor to life, detailing his past in the early days of the abortion-rights movement and getting him to reveal, for the first time ever, why he did what he did. Was Gosnell a monster, or something else?

Volk's powerful storytelling gives us a definitive understanding of a complex character, a horrific case, and a divisive issue.

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51 pages
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September 22, 2013
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00FE0QRFS
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Philadelphia Magazine (September 22, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 22, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 309 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 51 pages
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Patrick J. Southam

for all those who care about women

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2014

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If we do not understand monsters and resist them, we risk creating more. This short work (that's the reason for four stars instead of five) is good reporting and interviewing of the notorious Gosnell. The state health department of Pennsylvania knew what Gosnell was doing, but correcting his abuses was not politically correct, so they allowed him to operate an unsanitary, dangerous facility. For all those who care about women, read this book and become informed. For those who might say that Gosnell was an aberration, all you have to do is find out about other facilities and you will learn he was not.

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Amanda Haas

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Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2013

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This is a hell of a book -- there's a lot of previously unreported information for anti-abortion advocates to rally around, and pro-choice groups had better read it to see what they're going to get hit with by the other side -- I'm rating it so highly for the detailed but compelling, shocking but nuanced story Steve Volk tells of Kermit Gosnell's life.

Even from his beginning, rising from working-class roots to become a doctor and a trusted neighborhood figure -- multiple people interviewed testified about Gosnell's good nature -- there were signs of incipient madness.

Every page brings a new revelation -- the hoarding, the increasing disregard for possessions he'd worked so hard to earn, the panicked flight from the U.S. when an experimental abortion technique went horribly wrong -- and you'll be asking yourself "Was this where the switch got flipped? Was this where the kindly family doctor turned into a monster?"

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Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2021

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A good insight into the complex mind of this murderer, although it still doesn't answer many questions . Still not sure if this man is mentally insane.

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Jennifer

Babies pain

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2017

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I found this book to be very interesting. It's hard to believe that someone could take so much pride in their work when it involves inflicting pain on an innocent baby. Quite sad actually. Quite sad.

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Eddy

Gosnell's Babies

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2017

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There really wasn't anything new in this book compared to the other Gosnell book I read. Just a repeat of the trial. Not enough inside the mind of Gosnell.

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E. Bernard

In Summation

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2015

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I wanted to read something on this subject that was not written with a political or philosophical perspective. The author wrote a concise and factual piece. That is it in a nutshell.

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Barbara B.

Very informative.

Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2014

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It really was a good but disturbing read. It allows Dr. Gosnell to speak for himself and it answer questions. Even though many may not like the answer or the reality

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flatlander

Important follow-up to the trial

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2013

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This report is by a reporter with no axe to grind on the abortion issue. His determination to communicate directly with Gosnell in jail yields interesting insight into a man who butchered children who survived attempted abortion and left at least one woman to die.

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True crime fan

reads like a magazine article total waste of money

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2013

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Should have known that the low price would indicate the terrible writing , very tedious even though it was so short. Save your money and google instead

Cec

Very disturbing

Reviewed in Canada on October 17, 2014

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Very disturbing read, may change your mind if ur pro choice.

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