Kermit Gosnell, an American serial killer and abortion doctor, died on March 1, 2026, at age 85.
He was convicted of the murders of three infants who were born alive after drugs were used to induce labor, the manslaughter of a woman who died of an anesthetic overdose during an abortion procedure, and several other abortion- and drug-related crimes. Gosnell operated the Women’s Medical Society Clinic in West Philadelphia, where authorities said he provided illegal and unsafe late-term abortions, committed post-labor infanticide, and ran a prescription pill mill that drew federal attention.
Kermit Barron Gosnell (February 9, 1941 – March 1, 2026) was an American serial killer and abortion doctor. At his clinic in West Philadelphia, Gosnell provided illegal and unsafe late-term abortions, committed post-labor infanticide after many live births, and ran a prescription pill mill which eventually attracted federal attention. Gosnell was convicted of the murders of three infants who were born alive after using drugs to induce labor, the manslaughter of one woman who died of an anesthetic overdose during an abortion procedure, and of several other abortion- and drug-related crimes. Staff at Gosnell’s clinic testified that there were hundreds of infants born alive during abortion procedures and subsequently killed either by Gosnell himself or on Gosnell’s orders by staff.