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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 to me. i'm confused why that happened. pennsylvania has been a hotbed of abortion politics. one of ...

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 gosnell's 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, it's in violation of the abortion control act. never received a response. >> david, there are obviously -- i mean, race has got to play some role in this, in that the people, by and large, the patients were...

African-american patients were left down -- >> gosnell himself is african-american. the whole thing was such a house of horrors. and why it wasn't stopped, i don't think there is a clear answer at this point. >> david, in your documentary, which is viewed, you can see it online, it's 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 and looking and seeing some women that looked half dead. there was blood all over the recliner cha...

Of abortion politics. one of the interesting aspects of this case is everyone sees what they want. politically in this case. anti-abortion people see the horror of abortion. pro-abortion rights people say, this is what happens when you don't allow people to use medicaid to get abortions, but i still don't -- maybe these guys -- >> do you know the answer to that? in the grand jury report it indicates it was political pressure that, you know, that i guess pro-choice groups campaigning to stop -- do you know why these -- why all inspections were stopped? >> well, we don't know exactly why the com...

Pressure that, you know, that i guess pro-choice groups campaigning to stop -- do you know why these -- why all inspections were stopped? >> well, we don't know exactly why the commonwealth of pennsylvania -- jeffrey's right, after all the work they put into the abortion control act, and trying to restrict abortion in every way they can, we've never really heard why they didn't 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 gosnell's clinic, she wound up g...