Kermit Gosnell’s horrific abortion practices shocked the world in 2011 when authorities unveiled the tragedies that took place inside the West Philadelphia Women’s Medical Society.

Pro-abortion advocates and abortion facilities were quick to distance themselves from Gosnell. They claimed his murderous and abusive practices are the exception, not the norm.

But are they really? Here are just a few examples (we could site more) of similar things happening in the U.S.:

Gosnell allegedly ignored young women who changed their minds and no longer wanted abortions. He injured countless women in botched abortions.

In a Colorado lawsuit filed last month, a woman alleges that a Planned Parenthood forced her to have an abortion after she changed her mind. What’s more, the abortionist botched the procedure and sent her home. Several days later, the woman had to have emergency surgery.

Gosnell operated a squalid abortion facility with the blood-stained furniture and medical waste.

A Michigan abortion facility was recently closed down for similar violations: blood-stained walls, unsterilized equipment, and used medical supplies like syringes left in the open.

Gosnell discriminated against minorities, reserving a separate, less squalid room for white women.

Last summer, abortionist Ron Virmani was videotaped saying that “ugly black babies” should be aborted to save tax money and prevent gun violence.

And a Life Dynamics report finds that the abortion industry targets blacks and Latinos by placing abortion facilities in communities with the highest minority populations.

As a result of these heinous practices, states are passing laws to hold abortion facilities accountable for women’s health and safety. In Pennsylvania, abortion centers now must be regularly inspected and must meet the same requirements as other outpatient surgical facilities.

Unfortunately, the most common tragedy of all in Gosnell’s abortion practice gets the least attention.

Gosnell’s practices show a complete disregard for human life. He delivered babies alive and then snipped their spinal cords with scissors. He cared nothing for his patients, allowing untrained and unlicensed medical staff to give anesthesia and use unsterilized equipment. These practices resulted in Gosnell being charged with murdering a woman and seven newborn babies.

Though some abortion centers may hold themselves to higher health and safety standards, they share Gosnell’s disregard for human life in the womb. It doesn’t matter how clean or law-abiding these abortion centers are they still are destroying unique preborn human lives.

In the midst of the Gosnell scandal, let’s not forget about the thousands of preborn babies who are legally killed every day in abortions.

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