“With a few notable exceptions, state and local government officials had completely failed to do their jobs. Official incompetence, bureaucratic inertia, neglect, and the desire to protect abortion ...”

“Pennsylvania gave Gosnell carte blanche for the next seventeen years. With every license extension and slipshod inspection, state health regulators sent a message: do what you like, because no matt...”

“So the incompetents in Harrisburg, Pennsylvanias state capital, knew or should have known that, even by their own lax rules, Gosnell should not have been carrying out abortionsbut they didnt care.”

“When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.S...”

“...for Taggart, learning the reality of abortion for the first time was shocking. Even if its done right, its barbaric, he told us. Im no holy roller, but if you see the way they actually have to d...”

“Gosnell turned almost no one away from the Womens Medical Society clinic. This is not meant as a compliment. Repentant Gosnell employee Adrienne Moton testified he would perform abortions on any gi...”

“In my world, you dont get to call yourself pro-life and be against common-sense gun control like banning public access to the kind of semiautomatic assault rifle, designed for warfare, that was us...”

“It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard.”

“It was more like an abortion than music, but he got a wildly enthusiastic response from the crowd. Well, we're all pro-choice out here in Hillmont, after all.”

“Theres no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged.”

“Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled enemy?”

“He had also learned that there is no use murdering people; there are always so many left, and if you tried to murder them all you would never get anything else done.”