First published 2017
Filmmakers Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer investigate the shocking case of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor who became America's most prolific serial killer. In 2011, a Grand Jury indicted Gosnell for killing babies by illegally delivering live, viable infants in the third trimester and then murdering these newborns by cutting their spinal cords with scissors. The authors spent years researching this grisly case that mainstream media avoided covering. They reveal what actually occurred inside Gosnell's Pennsylvania clinic and expose how he committed infanticide for decades without being stopped. Many people knew something terrible was happening, but no one intervened. McElhinney and McAleer present their disturbing discoveries about a case that raises fundamental questions about medical oversight and media responsibility.
Genres: non-fiction, medical-ethics, true-crime, investigative-journalism
Vibes: disturbing, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigative-journalism, true-crime
Setting: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Period: 2011
367 pages · Kindle Edition · Regnery
Content warnings: child-death, graphic-violence, medical-trauma