5-10 years in prison for Pa. abortion clinic tech

    A former medical technician at a Philadelphia abortion clinic that authorities called a “house of horrors” was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison for her role in the 2009 overdose death of a patient.

    The Philadelphia Inquirer said 54-year-old Sherry West sat sobbing, head down on the defense table, after Common Pleas Judge Benjamin Lerner imposed the sentence on Thursday.

    West pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and other charges, admitting that on Nov. 19, 2009, she administered some of the overdose of Demerol that killed 41-year-old patient Karnamaya (kar-nuh-MAY’-uh) Mongar during an abortion at the clinic run by Dr. Kermit Gosnell.

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    Gosnell is serving three consecutive life sentences after being convicted of murder in the killing of babies born alive and viable during illegal late-term abortions.

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