Dr. Steven Brigham, of Voorhees, N.J., was taken into custody Wednesday night and is being held in the Camden County jail, according to police in Elkton, Md. Authorities also arrested Dr. Nicola Riley in Salt Lake City and she is in jail in Utah. Each is awaiting an extradition hearing.
The two doctors were indicted by a grand jury after a 16-month investigation, police said.
The investigation began in August 2010 after a botched procedure at Brigham's Elkton clinic. An 18-year-old woman who was 21 weeks pregnant had her uterus ruptured and her bowel injured, and rather than call 911, Brigham and Riley drove her to a nearby hospital, where both were uncooperative and Brigham refused to give his name, authorities said.
A search of the clinic after the botched abortion revealed a freezer with 35 late-term fetuses inside, including one believed to have been aborted at 36 weeks, authorities said.
Brigham, 55, is charged with five counts of first-degree murder, five counts of second-degree murder and one count of conspiracy. Riley, 46, faces one count each of first- and second-degree murder and one conspiracy count.
The procedure authorities say was botched resulted in the murder case against Riley and three of the 11 murder charges against Brigham, prosecutors told the Cecil Whig in Elkton, Md. The other charges against Brigham relate to four other illegal abortions he performed there, prosecutors added..." Full text: Abortion doctors charged with murder
Should they get the death penalty? Gen. 9:5, 6; Num. 35:16–21, 30–33; Deut. 17:6
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Forgive me if this is "thread hijacking", but there will be victims along the way to true liberty."
Don't get your knickers
in a twist like ZooAnimal (Jn
3:8).
"I'm just pointing out a FACT of life. In unison, let's all shake our heads in disgust and continue to do nothing about it."
Have you seen this site
(ProLifeProfiles)?
You can encourage everyone you know to
sign a life pledge.
If they keep sending us liberals, they will loose again and again.
We won't vote for the lesser of evils. We won't vote for evil
period (Pr
23:7).
"I wish people would wake up and smell the stale coffee and realize that they can't win on one issue while ignoring or allowing the encouragement of other God-less behaviors (homosexuality, recreational drug use, pornography), life just doesn't work that way."
We share the word of God with others (Heb
4:12).
That changes all other things (Ps 11:3, Jn 10:10).
See:
Evils of Evolution
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Just of of curiosity sd, when you ask someone to "Please pass the Cheerios", do you end it with Scripture?"
Of course.
We're on a mission from God." ~
Jn 6:30,31
Elwood, Blues Brothers
Response to comment [from a "Christian"]: "Abortion is not murder."
Deut 24:16
Abortion
doctors charged with murder