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Abortion Practitioner Faces September Trial for Killing Woman
LifeNews.com ^ | March 6, 2009 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 03/06/2009 3:02:32 PM PST by SErtelt

Hyannis, MA -- Abortion practitioner Rapin Osathanondh, who has been charged with manslaughter after killing one of his patients in a botched legal abortion, will face trial in September. Osathanondh did the abortion on 22-year-old Laura Smith, who died in September 2007 at his Women's Health Center abortion business.

Osathanondh was indicted last July by a grand jury after an investigation by local police, state police and the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine.

Laura, who was adopted at the age of four from Honduras by her parents, was 13 weeks into the pregnancy when she had the abortion. Osathanondh reportedly sedated her and did not have another other staff members on site who had appropriate medical training to monitor Smith's vital signs during the abortion.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abortion; lawsuit; massachusetts; prolife

1 posted on 03/06/2009 3:02:33 PM PST by SErtelt
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To: SErtelt

Um, Rapin?


2 posted on 03/06/2009 3:05:19 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: SErtelt

I guess the little one didn’t want to go without a fight.

3 Months (9-13 weeks)

“In the third month, your baby is the size of a small apple and is fully formed. She has grown from 1 to 3 inches and weighs about 1 ½ ounces by month end. Her head now sits on her neck and you can even see the whorl of a hair pattern on the top of her head. Her head is still very large and makes up half the length of her body. Her eyes are moving closer together and her ears are continuing to form. She has taste buds and has developed the sucking reflex. She is beginning to practice her swallowing too. Teeth buds have also begun to form, as well as fingernails and toenails. Her major organs, as well as her sex organs have formed and are developing steadily.”


3 posted on 03/06/2009 3:10:39 PM PST by agrarianlady
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To: SErtelt
I have to admit I’m impressed that grand jury from a state like Massachusetts would ever consider indicting this champion of women’s rights, but then aren’t these the same people who can supposedly indict a ham sandwich?
4 posted on 03/06/2009 3:13:51 PM PST by ArchAngel1983 (Arch Angel- on guard)
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To: SErtelt

hey why didn’t this make the MSM news ?


5 posted on 03/06/2009 3:36:32 PM PST by KTM rider (keep thy powder dry, gird thy loins, and brace for the winds of change)
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To: SErtelt

I thought only illegal back alley abortions could be botched. Learn something new every day.


6 posted on 03/06/2009 3:59:52 PM PST by yazoo
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7 posted on 03/06/2009 4:04:46 PM PST by Tex Pete (Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
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To: KTM rider

“hey why didn’t this make the MSM news “

Because the quisling, commie-wannabee homosexuals of the MSN have an agenda.


8 posted on 03/06/2009 4:09:37 PM PST by Levante
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