An exclusive clip from a soon-to-release documentary about the crimes of infamous, ex-abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell covers a failed experiment in 1972 during which Gosnell was accused of performing botched abortions and seriously injuring nine impoverished women.

Despite the reportedly disastrous result of the experiment, Gosnell was never held accountable by government officials, the film alleges.

The abortions were purportedly part of a horrific event that became known as the “Mother’s Day Massacre,” an effort that involved the use of a failed experimental abortion device known as the “super coil,” according to the grand jury report produced in relation to Gosnell’s case.

David Altrogge, director of “3801 Lancaster: American Tragedy,” told TheBlaze on Wednesday that the following clip from his film recounts this chapter in Gosnell’s history — one that came decades before he was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies.

“One of the questions that we wanted to answer … is how did this happen? How did he go on for so long. Why wasn’t he stopped earlier?” Altrogge said. “[This clip is] the first exploration of the first incident where Gosnell ran into legal trouble, evading unsafe abortion practices.”

Read the article “Kermit Gosnell and the 1972 ‘Mother’s Day Massacre’” on theblaze.com.