Manslaughter Case against Massachusetts Abortionist Begins Today

LifeSiteNews.com ^ | September 13, 2010 | By Kathleen Gilbert

[topher]

Monday September 13, 2010

---

Manslaughter Case against Massachusetts Abortionist Begins Today

By Kathleen Gilbert

BOSTON, September 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The trial into charges of involuntary manslaughter against a Massachusetts abortionist whose botched abortion killed Laura Hope Smith, 22, begins Monday, exactly three years after the young woman's death, according to an Associated Press report.

Prosecutors charged Dr. Rapin Osathanondh of Cape Cod with manslaughter in July 2008 in connection with the death of Smith, 22, whose heart stopped during an abortion. Osathanondh resigned his license in February 2008, the same day the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine issued charges against him over the incident.

The board said that Osathanondh "engaged in conduct that calls into question his competence to practice medicine," including failing to monitor Smith's heart or "adhere to basic cardiac life support protocol," and failing to call 911 immediately after her heart stopped. The abortionist, said the board, also neglected to keep oxygen or a functioning blood pressure monitor in the room, and later lied to cover up his negligence.

A Boston attorney specializing in medical malpractice cases told the AP that bringing criminal charges in such a case was extraordinary, implying an extreme level of negligence, as most such cases are handled in civil court.

"The more extreme the action, the more extraordinary the negligence, the more likely it is that it may cross over that line where it also becomes criminal," said attorney Andrew Meyer.

Osathanondh will face the charges in Barnstable Superior Court.

URL: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/sep/10091308.html

---

Copyright © LifeSiteNews.com. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives License. You may republish this article or portions of it without request provided the content is not altered and it is clearly attributed to "LifeSiteNews.com". Any website publishing of complete or large portions of original LifeSiteNews articles MUST additionally include a live link to www.LifeSiteNews.com. The link is not required for excerpts. Republishing of articles on LifeSiteNews.com from other sources as noted is subject to the conditions of those sources.

[topher]

The abortion industry is having such a good time these days on the East Coast...

First Stephen Chase Brigham is given Cease and Desist orders in Maryland. Then two other abortionists lose their license to practice medicine in Maryland as well.

I guess what goes around comes around.

[topher]

Ping - I hope this indicates that God is working overtime for the Pro-Life people. And we have not started the 40 days for life yet, either...

[a fool in paradise]

These botched LEGAL abortions make the case for why parental consent is REQUIRED by law as it is for all other medical procedures.

[a fool in paradise]

The abortionist, said the board, also neglected to keep oxygen or a functioning blood pressure monitor in the room, and later lied to cover up his negligence.

The Left is always pushing for more oversight of things like offshore oil rigs.

How did this man go by without keeping his office fully stocked with working equipment? Send inspectors to all of the abortuaries on a regualr basis.

Good enough when tackling other industries to keep them busy and cautious.

[topher]

In 1999, Louisiana passed Health Inspection Law for abortion clinics. This law could not go into effect immediately because women's rights groups fought it.

Believe it or not!

But the fact they absurdly prevented that law from going into effect, the recent law in Louisiana to shut down abortion clinics had no trouble becoming law.

Basically, if you wrongfully prevent a law from going into effect, the next law (the 2010 Law that Jindal and the Louisiana Legislature passed) was much easier to put into effect.

It is known as the legal precedence.

[topher]

You wrote:

These botched LEGAL abortions make the case for why parental consent is REQUIRED by law as it is for all other medical procedures.

Amen to that!

[Red6]

Ever notice that these stories seldom to never make the headline news or major networks?

What a waste of life: hers, the baby and the doctor.

Abortion is a easy and quick way to make a buck for a doctor, literally $500 in 15 minutes. It's a multi-billion dollar industry with over 50 million performed since R vs. W at a cost of about $500 each and the doctor performing them like on an assembly line. For the woman it's a way to slip out of responsibility for ones actions and behavior by not being a mother and possibly not even having family and friends know what her behavior was. The only true victim in this case is the baby, for it had no choice in this matter.

Hedonism trumps the value of life in today's society and we collectively suppress things like HIV rates associated with certain behaviors, the death of woman during abortions......... We don't want to feel bad about our behavior do we?