Abortions Left Pa. Women Diseased, Near Death, They Say
Charleston Gazette › January 26, 2011
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PHILADELPHIA - Just days after Marie Smith got an abortion at a West Philadelphia clinic, her stomach swelled and she began vomiting green stuff.
Her mother, Johnnie Mae Smith, took her to a hospital where doctors rushed the unconscious 20-year-old into surgery to remove numerous fetal parts that were left inside her body, causing a potentially fatal infection. The doctor who performed the abortion, Kermit Gosnell, turned up at the hospital with his checkbook, aiming to settle immediately, the mother said.See the full content of this document
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Abortions Left Pa. Women Diseased, Near Death, They Say
Instead, Johnnie Mae Smith chased him away, vowing to sue. Later, her daughter got just $3,000 - after lawyer fees - from a $5,000 settlement.
Gosnell, by contrast, took in at least $1.8 million a year from his corner-store medical practice at the Women's Medical Society, which prosecutors who charged him with eight counts of murder last week called his drug mill by day and abortion mill by night."His entire practice showed nothing but a callous disdain for the lives of his pat...See the full content of this document
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