Jury reaches verdict in Philadelphia abortion trial: reports

By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A Philadelphia jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of a doctor accused of killing babies and a patient during late-term abortions at his clinic, CNN and local media reported on Monday. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, who ran the now-closed Women’s Medical Society Clinic, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder. He is accused of delivering live babies during late-term abortions and then deliberately severing their spinal cords. If convicted, Gosnell may face the death penalty. …