GOP pictures Wolf and jailed abortion doctor
HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Republican Party is attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf over his support for abortion rights and picturing him on a flier with Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who is serving life in prison for killing babies born alive.
HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Republican Party is attacking Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf over his support for abortion rights and picturing him on a flier with Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who is serving life in prison for killing babies born alive.
GOP spokeswoman Megan Sweeney would not say Tuesday where the fliers were mailed or how many were sent. A picture of Wolf's face appears above a photo of Gosnell's face on the flier. Gosnell was convicted last year of three counts of murder.
Gov. Corbett, a Republican, opposes abortion rights and signed legislation in 2011 that imposed tougher building-safety and staffing standards on abortion clinics.
A Wolf campaign spokeswoman accused Corbett of mounting baseless attacks to mislead voters. "This type of politics has no place in Pennsylvania," said Beth Melena.
The flier features the images along with a photo of the former doctor's clinic and the words house of horrors. Prosecutors estimated that Gosnell ended hundreds of pregnancies by inducing the live births of viable babies and cutting their spinal cords with scissors.