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PHILADELPHIA, March 18, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The makers of a 2013 documentary chronicling 20 years of horrors that took place at convicted murderer Kermit Gosnell’s West Philadelphia abortion clinic say they hope the sequel, due out in May, makes viewers “really angry” about the failures of government and law enforcement to protect babies and women from dangerous and predatory abortionists.

The new film is scheduled for release May 13, the one-year anniversary of Gosnell’s conviction on three counts of first-degree murder for severing the spines of babies born alive after botched late term abortions at his clinic.

3801 Lancaster: Part II will move on from exploring who Gosnell was and what he did to how he was able to get away with it and what can be done to stop such atrocities going forward.  The sequel’s trailer includes extensive footage of the Gosnell trial, as well as interviews with jurors and others involved in the case who paint the picture of an apathetic state government that looked the other way when it came to the deadly conditions at Gosnell’s filthy inner-city facility.

Filmmaker David Altrogge told TheBlaze that while he never intended to make a political documentary, it became glaringly apparent during the filming of the first documentary and during Gosnell’s trial that there were major failures on the part of government officials whose job it is to monitor abortion clinics and the doctors who practice there.

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“Our goal has been since day one was to not make a political [documentary],” Altrogge told TheBlaze. “Obviously the case has political ramifications.  To tell the story of what happened to Gosnell’s clinic … and kind of let people hear these facts and process these facts,” Altrogge hopes, will make viewers “really angry.”

Producer Jennifer Thompson said, “I hope people walk away with a personal weight of responsibility. What can I do, what should I do? Where do I fit into this?”

Thompson has said she was apathetic about abortion prior to working on production of 3801 Lancaster.  But since then, she has become close to many of his surviving victims.

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“My heart is just really broken for the women — just working on this documentary I’ve gotten really, really close to a number of women who were former patients of Dr. Gosnell’s,” Thompson told TheBlaze. “Before I started on this project I was really far away from abortion.”

Thompson blogged about her newfound passion during Gosnell’s trial last spring, lamenting the media blackout of the sensational trial and sharing her sense of shame that she had once been part of it. She urged readers to take a stand for babies and women, no matter how uncomfortable it might feel in a culture that would rather talk about anything but abortion.

“Don’t be part of the blackout, my friends,” Thompson wrote. “Don't live like babies weren't killed with scissors.  Don't pretend that women weren't killed and mutilated.  We have to talk about it.  We have to wrestle with what happened at 3801 Lancaster Avenue.  Talk about it with love.  Talk about it with compassion.  Talk about it with conviction.  Let’s break the silence together.”

While the filmmakers promise the film will be released on May 13 “no matter what,” they are seeking donations to help cover the $35,000 cost of completing the production.

To donate to the 3801 Lancaster: Part II project, click here.

To view 3801 Lancaster: Part I (WARNING: graphic content), click here.