ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico medical regulators are poised to rule next week on a case involving a physician who performs late-term abortions at a private clinic in Albuquerque and is accused of gross negligence in a late-term abortion during 2011.
The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://bit.ly/14xQbL3) that an attorney for the New Mexico Medical Board maintains Dr. Shelley Sella breached the standard of practice in treating a 26-year-old New York woman who had a uterine rupture during the third day of the procedure to abort a 35-week-old fetus with severe brain abnormalities.
She recovered, but may not be able to carry a future pregnancy to full term.
Sella's attorneys say the allegations of gross negligence are nothing more than a political tactic by a national anti-abortion group that wants to end legal abortions.
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Information from: Albuquerque Journal, http://www.abqjournal.com
