What to do with West Philly’s ‘house of horrors’

Dr. Kermit Gosnell is spending life in prison for killing babies during botched or illegal abortions. What should be done with his former West Philly clinic?

Air Date: September 18, 2019
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In this Feb. 23, 2010 photo, the Women's Medical Society in Philadelphia is shown. Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who catered to minorities, immigrants and poor women at the Women's Medical Society, was charged with eight counts of murder in the deaths of a patient and seven babies. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

In this Feb. 23, 2010 photo, the Women's Medical Society in Philadelphia is shown. Abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, who catered to minorities, immigrants and poor women at the Women's Medical Society, was charged with eight counts of murder in the deaths of a patient and seven babies. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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A West Philly clinic still sits empty six years after Dr. Kermit Gosnell was sentenced to life in prison for cutting the spinal cords of multiple babies born alive during botched or illegal abortions. Reporter Jen Kinney explains why a fight over what to do with that “house of horrors” has become a flashpoint in the abortion debate.

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