The Supreme Court’s Back Alley Runs Through Philadelphia | The Weekly Standard.
I just read this article, and it opened my eyes to the logical connection between the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 and the horrors uncovered in Philadelphia. Most likely, there are a number of other such clinics out there, but they remain off limits because of the poor decision in 1973 and the court challenges since then which have labeled any regulations on abortion clinics as excessive burdens (and thus unconstitutional).
The supposedly medical procedure of abortion is not regulated, which means the old horror stories of back-alley butcher shops are a legalized reality in America. In fact, what might be most disturbing about the Gosnell case in Philadelphia is all of the behavior he is NOT being punished for. The crimes he is being charged with are related to partial birth abortion (which are heinous), but what about the conditions of the clinic? The baby parts all over the place? The feet in jars? Storing food and baby pieces in close proximity? Are any of these (or the other grotesque findings from the clinic) against the law?
At first, I thought some local officials were negligent in not exercising any oversight of this horrific abortion clinic, but I am thinking now that the problem may not be that officials didn’t do anything: The problem may be that they can’t.
Gregory C. Cochran 
You are so right that oftentimes people in gov. positions can’t (or won’t) expose situations like this is that they would put their job, career, and family at risk. There are laws which govern cleanliness, food etc. of medical facilities. Just ask at any hospital that has to undergo a Joint Commission inspection on a planned–or suprise visit. This place was ignored for political reasons so as not to bring to light the horrors of abortion and force the pro death politicians to defend the indefensible.
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