'Serial Baby Killer' Turned Author Recounts Abortion Charge

Toward the end of author Kenneth Edelin's book reading last night, a pro-life activist accused the Boston University professor emeritus of murder. Edelin - who was convicted of manslaughter of a fetus after performing a second-trimester abortion on a 17-year-old girl at Boston City Hospital in the 1970s - urged his audience at Barnes & Noble at Boston University to fight to protect the standards upheld by the 1973 landmark case Roe v. Wade. After the outburst, many of the roughly 100 medical students in attendance yelled "shame on you" at the women's rights activist, showing their support of Edelin, who spoke of his experiences in facing the charges years ago, as detailed in his new book, Broken Justice. Edelin, a black obstetrician-gynecologist who taught at the School of Medicine, said his book chronicles his experiences in the post-Roe v. Wade 1970s after he was charged with manslaughter and then found guilty before an all-white, all-Catholic jury of 13 men and three women. Full story...

Posted by Editor at November 7, 2007 07:20 AM