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Abortionist Pleads Guilty
to Involuntary Manslaughter, Given Short Sentence
Part Three of Three By Dave Andrusko
Abortionist Rapin Osathanondh was sentenced to six months in jail Monday after a plea bargain allowed him to escape a possible sentence of 20 years for the 2007 death of Laura Hope Smith. Miss Smith was 13 weeks pregnant at the time of her death at the Women's Health Center in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Osathanondh, whose license was revoked in 2010 by The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine and who is barred from practicing medicine in Massachusetts, pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter. "Investigators discovered that the doctor's office lacked basic resuscitation equipment, that he was not certified for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and that he failed to monitor her vital signs," the Boston Globe reported. "Authorities also said he took great measure to conceal those facts, going as far as creating false CPR cards, remodeling his office, and buying the necessary equipment such as a defibrillator. When investigators arrived at his office, he told them that it was as it had been when Smith died." Osathanondh was sentenced to 2 1/2 years imprisonment, "but with only six months to serve in the Barnstable County House of Correction," the Boston Herald reported. "He will be eligible for parole after serving three months. Upon his release, Osathanondh must serve nine months of home confinement." The Board of Registration in Medicine alleged that Osathanondh "had placed Smith under sedation without any means to monitor her heart rate, blood pressure, or the oxygen level of her blood," according to the Herald. In addition to not having a qualified person to assist him while Smith was under anesthesia, the Board also said that Osathanondh "failed to timely initiate a call to 911, failed to maintain an adequate airway,'' and "failed to adhere to basic cardiac life support protocol.'' In the part of the victim impact statements, Tom Smith, Laura's father, turned to Osathanondh and said, "You, sir, destroyed a precious flower that grew in our lives." The Globe reported that "the Smith family painted an emotionally powerful image of the 22-year-old woman who came into their lives when she was 4 1/2 years old. At the time, she had a black eye, had a dirty face – and had been brought to the Smiths from Honduras." For more on this story,
see "Mother Turns Grief into Passion for Life," Please send your comments on Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today todaveandrusko@gmail.com. If you like, join those who are following me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/daveha |
