PA abortion doctor serving life for murder gets 30 years for drugs

By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Philadelphia abortion doctor already serving life in prison for murdering babies during late-term abortions was sentenced on Monday to 30 years for illegally selling painkillers out of his clinic. Kermit Gosnell, 72, smiled slightly after he was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Cynthia Rufe in Philadelphia for what prosecutors said was running a “pill mill” that served to prey on the community. “Gosnell is nothing other than a common drug dealer,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica Natali told the judge, referring to what the government said were 900,000 prescription pain killers he dispensed between June 2008 and February 2010. Gosnell told the judge he was concerned less with money and more with treating patients with pain or addiction problems.