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Summary: PHILADELPHIA (AP) , A defense lawyer asked a jury Monday to transcend both the politics and unpleasant reality of abortion when it weighs murder charges against a doctor charged with killing a patient and four babies. Dr. Kermit Gosnell, 72, is accused of killing babies by "snipping" their spines after they were allegedly born alive during late-term abortions.