Karnamaya Mongar was a female immigrant patient who died as a result of the negligence of West Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell. It was a tragic death that could have been prevented.
It is in the memory of Karnamaya and all those women who suffered at the hands of Gosnell that the Pennsylvania Legislature passed a measure in 2011 to require abortion facilities to meet health and safety standards — standards written in the best interests of women.
Now some state lawmakers, backed by Planned Parenthood, are introducing legislation to repeal the law. Such a repeal would turn back the clock, back to the days when hair and nail salons received greater scrutiny in Pennsylvania than abortion centers. Now is not the time to go backward.
Maria Gallagher
Harrisburg