2 abortion doctors ordered to stop after injury

By KASEY JONES, Associated Press Writer

Published 09/04/10

BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland health officials have ordered two doctors to stop performing abortions after a woman was critically injured during a procedure last month.

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The state Board of Physicians ordered Dr. Steven Brigham to stop practicing medicine without a license in Maryland and suspended the license of Dr. Nicola Riley. Police raided one of Brigham's offices in Elkton looking for medical records, and found dozens of late-term fetuses in a freezer at a clinic.

Riley and Brigham brought an injured 18-year-old woman in a personal vehicle to Union Hospital in Elkton after a failed abortion Aug. 13, according to the...

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Disgusting - 2010-09-05 08:42:55

Absolutly criminal. I hope this young lady presses charges for a myriad of reasons.

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A Sad Consequence.... - 2010-09-04 12:15:46

The argument that legalized abortion would stop the practice of 'back room' butchers seems to ring hollow here. Somehow these doctors didn't get the memo.

Supporters of abortion and the 'Culture of Death' should not be too surprised that practices such as these exist far more often than is reported in the press. If only an unborn human baby had the same social standing as a tree or a whale, then perhaps more people would be trying to save it.

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sick - 2010-09-04 07:12:27

It is legal in Maryland to kill people and keep their bodies in your freezer, but sell a plant and you go to prison. Our laws are not based in morality but taste.

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Herbert Spencer - St. Margaret's, MD - Karma: Terrible

WOW? - 2010-09-04 06:38:44

Why does this article differ so much from the Baltimore Sun article? I do want to know if one of the offices this guy owned in Maryland was in Cheverly? American Women's Services. May be worth it to look into that. Cheverly is a hop-skip-jump from AA County.

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