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Started reading the grand jury report. the pennsylvania department of health, the pennsylvania department of state, and the philadelphia department of public health and safety, they had ample opportunity to investigate and to shut gosnell down. >> joe, the doctors staff, they seemed completely untrained. the chief anesthesiologist i understand had only a 7th graded indication. >> thats correct. linda williams testified this week she never went beyond 7th grade. and eventually got some training a...

Seemed completely untrained. the chief anesthesiologist i understand had only a 7th graded indication. >> thats correct. linda williams testified this week she never went beyond 7th grade. and eventually got some training as a phlebotomist. but really didnt work in that job. she was working at another abortion clinic in delaware, sterilizing instruments. thats where she met gosnell. and later, after her husband was murdered, and she was going through problems, gosnell agreed to hire her under th...

Delaware county informed the county that he had performed an illegal abortion on a 14-year-old girl carrying a 30-week-old baby. and received notice of the 41-year-old womans death for which gosnell faces a murder charge. none of that got the department of health to investigate. the grand jury report states in 1993, because of political reasons, the department of health stopped inspecting all abortion clinics in the state. other agencies also failed to properly investigate. the pennsylvania depa...

Color, and the subject was the political football of abortion. so i think that absolutely played a part of it. it wouldnt be accurate to say that all of his patients were minorities. i was just talking to one of his former patients last week who was a white girl who went to a reputable clinic in maryland and that clinic referred her to gosnell. there were hundreds of women who came to gosnell from his neighborhood, but this were women who came from all over the eastern seaboard who were referred...

Grandfathered in. >> eight of his subordinates have already pleaded guilty. and so the -- at first, their defense was, well, the doctor told me it was okay. but when you have monstrous acts like this, just a doctor telling you that this is okay, you know, you as a human being are expected to understand this was a crime. >> in 93, they stopped all inspections in the state of abortion clinics. is that because of political pressure? >> that to me, and perhaps these other gentlemen can explain that ...

Short thing, on page 13 of the grand jury report, they say the reason no one acted is the people who reported were of color, and the subject was the political football of abortion. so i think that absolutely played a part of it. it wouldnt be accurate to say that all of his patients were minorities. i was just talking to one of his former patients last week who was a white girl who went to a reputable clinic in maryland and that clinic referred her to gosnell. there were hundreds of women who ca...

Follow up. not only did they not inspect the clinic, but in one case of the -- i think you mentioned earlier, a 14-year-old girl who had an abortion, she was going to have an abortion at gosnells clinic, she wound up going to the emergency room of a local hospital. the fetus was born dead. and the medical examiner wrote to the state department of health saying, this is a 30-week-old fetus, its in violation of the abortion control act. never received a response. >> david, there are obviously -- i...

African-american patients were left down -- >> gosnell himself is african-american. the whole thing was such a house of horrors. and why it wasnt stopped, i dont think there is a clear answer at this point. >> david, in your documentary, which is viewed, you can see it online, its remarkable, you interviewed several women who were patients of dr. gosnell. i want to listen to a portion of your film. >> they came in and finally called my name. i went upstairs. and i remember just walking through a...

First, and this isnt easy to watch, more on what allegedly happened inside that clinic. >> the doctors abortion clinic is now closed and the allegations of what happened inside are shocking. >> the baby had been born and was on a cold, steel table and murdered by taking scissors and putting them into the neck and cutting, severing, the spinal cord. its just homicide. its murder. accurate records, however, were never kepted. the doctor is only accused of murdering seven babies the same report inc...

Came to gosnell from his neighborhood, but this were women who came from all over the eastern seaboard who were referred to him. >> it seemed as he became as known as the specialty who is a guy for cash, these are the allegations, that for cash he would perform late-term abortions whereas others wouldnt. >> late-term abortions are one of the most politically controversial aspects of abortion now. they are generally banned except when the life of the mother is at stake, life or health of the moth...