Philadelphia abortion doctor gets third life sentence

A Philadelphia abortion doctor was sentenced to a third life term for killing an aborted baby that he described as so big it could “walk to the bus”.

Dr Kermit Gosnell was convicted this week of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies born alive, then stabbed with scissors. He was given two life sentences on Tuesday in a deal with prosecutors that spared him a potential death sentence, and the third sentence was handed down yesterday.

Gosnell was also sentenced to two to five years in prison for the 2009 overdose death of a patient. The sentences are consecutive, meaning Gosnell, 72, will spend the rest of his life in prison.