Though he was never certified as an obstetrician or gynecologist. he didn t make it through a residency. you would be scrambling and trying to get a career together what do i do? you find a role. if it works for you, you keep doing it. bret: it worked. before the 70 were over he opened the women s medical sew seity at 38th street and lancaster avenue in west philadelphia complete with the silhouette of a couple swinging a child between them. the neighbor hehood loved gosnell and they said he was respected upstanding member of the community and known for his reputation in the community. bret: jen thompson made a short film about gosnell called 3801 lancaster. we had people tell us if they had a problem dr. gosnell was the one to go to.
The defense continues that the new independent online documentary outline what is led up to the criminal case against gosnell. the film, 3801 lancaster, a reference to the clinic s address includes interviews from former gosnell patients who describe dirty, bloody conditions patients who, quote looked half dead. along with prosecutors looking into what was going on at the clinic. how is it that we have more oversight in the commonwealth of pennsylvania of women s hair salons and nail salons than we do over abortion clinics? leading up to this case, the state health department had not inspected gosnell s clinic for 17 years. despite serious complications suffered by patients including the deaths of two women after they had abortions at the facility. a former patient we talked to also wondered who was keeping watch. not only was it gosnell s responsibility, but it was also the officials and the medical
Women and these babies are being forgotten. these women who i mean, like women in the film, like you just saw, they ve been forgotten. they ve been, quote unquote, blocked out. i think abortion has something to do with it. we re afraid to talk about it. for me, the eye opening part was reading the grand jury report. once you read it, it s not only the horrors that occurred there, but the failures, repeated failures year after year after year of state authorities, and that bears further investigation. david, again, people can see your documentary online. what s your website, david? it s 3801 lancaster.com. joe, i appreciate your reporting and jeff toobin, i thank you. secretary of state john kerry is in south korea trying to tamp down the report of north korea. the north had a fiery message for another neighbor. the power of north korea s propaganda machine.
Not because of botched abortions, but because of drugs. the fbi raided the office because of illegal prescriptions of oxycontin and other painkillers that brought him hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. these photos show some of the unsanitary conditions, they even found remains of aborted fetuses. he s now on trial and has pled not guilty. this was a person providing a service in philadelphia, that did not do the things that the grand jury says that he did. he did not execute viable babies. that s just not the reality of what was going on here. reporter: in the fallout of this case, seven staffers for pennsylvania s department of health and department of state have since left their jobs or been fired for their alleged mishandling of the gosnell case. officials say they ve overhauled their investigative and communication procedures so this never can happen again. jeffrey toobin, and david, the writer and director of 3801
Service in philadelphia, that did not do the things that the grand jury says that he did. he did not execute viable babies. that s just not the reality of what was going on here. reporter: in the fallout of this case, seven staffers for pennsylvania s department of health and department of state have since left their jobs or been fired for their alleged mishandling of the gosnell case. officials say they ve overhauled their investigative and communication procedures so this never can happen again. jeffrey toobin, and david, the writer and director of 3801 lancaster, a documentary about the clinic. and a court reporter for the philadelphia enquirer. so, first of all, jeff, what do you make of this? this doctor is charged with multiple counts now of murder. it s incredible to me that this went on and on with the state doing nothing. it s hard to describe. it s hard to select what is the worst part of this story. certainly the deaths of these babies, the deaths of these women is the w