Doctor in badly botched abortion is tried for manslaughter
May 2, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor who performed a badly botched abortion that caused a patient to bleed to death was characterized by prosecutors on Tuesday as careless, greedy and someone who operated far outside the medical norm.
A jury in Queens heard closing arguments in the case against Dr. Robert Rho, who was charged with manslaughter in the 2016 death of Jamie Lee Morales.
The criminal prosecution of doctors over medical errors is rare, but Assistant District Attorney Brad Leventhal said Rho's mistakes went beyond civil malpractice.
During the operation, Rho severed Morales' uterine aorta,...
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