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Los Angeles, Calif., Apr 4, 2014 \/ 12:08 am (CNA<\/a>).- Three filmmakers are crowd funding a multi-million dollar movie about Kermit Gosnell and his late-term abortion clinic, stressing the need to bring attention to the morally and politically charged case.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe media have basically ignored his crime and his trial,\u201d Phelim McAleer, one of the filmmakers, said in the project\u2019s introductory video.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cHe ran an abortion clinic in Philadelphia where he delivered live, viable babies and then murdered these newborns by severing their spinal cords with scissors,\u201d McAleer continued.<\/p>\n

\tIn May 2013 Gosnell was convicted of three first degree murder charges for killing babies who had been born alive. Testimony had indicated that Gosnell and his staff snipped the necks of over 100 infants who survived abortion.<\/p>\n

\tMcAleer, his wife Ann McElhinney, and fellow filmmaker Magdalena Segienda are seeking thousands of donors to contribute at least $2.1 million by May 12 to help make a made-for-TV movie about Gosnell.<\/p>\n

\tThe fund raising campaign began March 28 here<\/a>. By the afternoon of April 3, the prospective movie had raised over $318,000 from more than 4,100 people.<\/p>\n

\tDuring Gosnell's trial, one Philadelphia-area reporter took photos of the courtroom showing that the courtroom benches reserved from the press were empty.<\/p>\n

\tNational media covered the case only after pro-life advocates launched a social media campaign to raise awareness about the case.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWith your help, we\u2019re going to hire the best screenwriter, director and actors to make sure that the story of Kermit Gosnell gets into every home in America,\u201d McElhinney said.<\/p>\n

\tGosnell's clinic had not been subject to oversight by the state of Pennsylvania since 1993. A federal drug raid in 2010 uncovered blood-stained rooms and filthy equipment.<\/p>\n

\tThe clinic stored aborted fetuses in a basement freezer in plastic food containers and bags next to staff lunches. Gosnell kept severed feet of unborn babies preserved in specimen jars, allegedly for future identification or DNA samples.<\/p>\n

\tStaff allegedly sent women to give birth into toilets, a doctor allegedly spread sexually transmitted infections to women through poor sanitary standards, and a 15-year-old staffer administered anesthesia to patients. The clinic allegedly gave better treatment to white patients.<\/p>\n

\tIn addition to the counts of first degree murder, the abortion doctor was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a patient who died of an overdose in 2009.<\/p>\n

\tProsecutors had sought a third-degree murder charge in her case, saying Gosnell let his untrained and unlicensed staff give the 41-year-old Bhutanese immigrant woman a fatal combination of drugs.<\/p>\n

\tSeveral of Gosnell\u2019s former employees have pleaded guilty to murder and other charges. Gosnell himself is now serving several life sentences.<\/p>\n

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