A Philadelphia doctor performed thousands of illegal late-term abortions and murdered newborns after inducing labour, prosecutors have said.
Dr Kermit Gosnell, 69, was charged with murder and other offences in the deaths of a patient and viable babies born as late as the eighth month of pregnancy.Prosecutors said he made millions of dollars treating and sometimes maiming mostly poor minority women.
Nine clinic workers are also charged with murder and other counts.
The defendants have not yet responded to the charges.
Lawyer William Brennan, who represented Dr Gosnell during the investigation, said: "Obviously, these allegations are very, very serious."
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