By Operation Rescue | operationrescue.org

Albuquerque, NM — The New Mexico Medical Board is seeking to change Board Regulations on Complaint Procedures in the wake of the high-profile case against late-term abortionist Shelley Sella, who was cleared last week on charges of gross negligence related to a botched 35-week abortion that resulted in a ruptured uterus.

Sella’s attorneys had repeatedly protested the charges since the complaint against Sella originated from Operation Rescue and Project Defending Life, which discovered the life-threatening incident after obtaining 911 records. Currently, New Mexico rules allow any member of the public to bring a complaint against a licensee.

But with the appointment last week of a task force to revamp the complaint process, that may be about to change.

“This is a direct attempt by a radically motivated pro-abortion Medical Board to prevent future investigations into the practices of unregulated abortionists in the state,” said Tara Shaver of Project Defending Life, who obtained records of 14 medical emergencies at Albuquerque abortion clinics over a 2 year time period. “Since 2010, the New Mexico Medical Board has done nothing less than try to cover for Albuquerque abortionists who are injuring women at staggering rate.”

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