Eyewitness: My Perspective on the Gosnell Movie

By Cheryl Sullenger
Operation Rescue

The long-anticipated movie about the 2013 Kermit Gosnell abortion/murder trial is finally out and showing in theaters around the country. I covered that case from its inception, personally attended and reported on the trial in Philadelphia, and even wrote a book about it. Because the story about Gosnell and his squalid abortion business is very personal for me, I have avoided seeing the movie – until now.


The events depicted in the movie were very different from the actual events I participated in and witnessed – but not in a bad way. Going in, I knew that artistic liberties had to be taken with the story line to compress the events into a movie format, so I tried to prepare myself for that. In truth, the actual trial experience was much worse, and in many ways, more dramatic than what was depicted in the film. I understand that many of the more horrific details were omitted from the movie in order to maintain a PG-13 rating.


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