Abortion doctor who delivered us unto evil

For decades, Kermit Gosnell performed illegal procedures, and this year was convicted of killing three babies born viable. Now two Irish film makers want to tell his grisly tale, says John Breslin.

IT WAS July when a pregnant teenage girl walked into an abortion clinic in Delaware. She was with her aunt. They met Kermit Gosnell, a doctor who normally worked out of a centre in one of the poorest areas of Philadelphia.

The three discussed an abortion and agreed a fee of $1,500 (€1,100). But after an ultrasound, Gosnell told the aunt the 17-year-old was further along than she had said. The price rose to $2,500 (€1,800). Cash was paid, the girl was given pills to induce labour, and told to be at the Women’s Medical Center in Philadelphia the following morning.