Click photo to enlarge PHILADELPHIA—Potential jurors are being
asked their views on abortion and the death penalty in a
Philadelphia murder case that promises to be painfully graphic
for almost anyone chosen.  Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, is charged
with killing a 41-year-old woman during a botched abortion at
his West Philadelphia medical clinic in 2009. He is also charged
in the deaths of seven babies allegedly born alive before their
spines were severed with scissors.  Prosecutors are seeking the
death penalty in the infant deaths.  Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey
P. Minehart treaded lightly, but directly, as he questioned
potential jurors about their views this week. Those who
expressed religious, ethical or moral qualms about abortion or
the death penalty were promptly dismissed.  That left lawyers on
both sides to question the surviving panel members individually,
and to dig a little deeper. Prosecutors asked if they were sure
they could return a death penalty verdict against the aging
doctor if the facts warrant