Feb 22, 2008 / 05:59 am
A Massachusetts abortionist has relinquished his medical license five months after a 22-year-old woman died while he was performing an abortion on her child.
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine had already suspended the doctor’s medical license, declaring him a “risk to public safety.”
Dr. Rapin Osathanondh faces accusations that his negligence caused the death of Laura Hope Smith in September 2007. On September 13, 2007 Smith was placed under full anesthesia while only the doctor and a non-medical receptionist were present at the Women’s Health Center in Hyannis. When Smith suddenly stopped breathing, the receptionist dialed 911. However, she gave little information to the dispatcher.
Smith died the next day.