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Judi Lynn

(160,202 posts)
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 10:40 PM Jan 2012

Late-term abortion doctor arraigned for murder in Maryland

Late-term abortion doctor arraigned for murder in Maryland
06 Jan 2012 23:19
Source: reuters // Reuters
By Jason Tomassini

BALTIMORE, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A New Jersey doctor accused of murder for performing late-term abortions in Maryland was arraigned in court on Friday and freed on $500,000 bail.

Dr. Steven Chase Brigham, 55, who owns abortion clinics in multiple states, and a second doctor he employed, are charged with murder for allegedly starting late-term abortions in New Jersey and completing them in Maryland, which has looser restrictions about where abortions can be performed.

The other doctor, Dr. Nicola Irene Riley, remains held without bail in Utah since her arrest Dec. 28.

Her attorneys filed a motion asking that the Maryland prosecutor be held in contempt of court for stalling her case, and for withholding information and sharing it with the media in order to press "a hot-button political issue," they said.

More:
http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/news/late-term-abortion-doctor-arraigned-for-murder-in-maryland

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Late-term abortion doctor arraigned for murder in Maryland (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jan 2012 OP
"starting late-term abortions in New Jersey and completing them in Maryland," Thaddeus Kosciuszko Jan 2012 #1
My thought, too Dorian Gray Jan 2012 #2
jmowreader may have solved the mystery... Thaddeus Kosciuszko Jan 2012 #6
Many abortions are not one-visit procedures jmowreader Jan 2012 #4
I appreciate the information Thaddeus Kosciuszko Jan 2012 #5
Prior stories have indicated this was more a case of malpractice than anti choice ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2012 #3
Is this the same case where the mother also died? alphafemale Jan 2012 #7
this is about fetal death, not the mother wobblie Jan 2012 #8

jmowreader

(50,440 posts)
4. Many abortions are not one-visit procedures
Sat Jan 7, 2012, 04:52 AM
Jan 2012

Maybe most?

There's a seaweed called laminaria that expands the cervix. They make little "tents" out of it. One of the tents is inserted into the vagina a couple days prior to the abortion procedure, to give it a chance to work.

You could definitely insert the laminaria in one state then perform the procedure in another one.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
7. Is this the same case where the mother also died?
Sat Jan 7, 2012, 06:26 AM
Jan 2012

They had her drive herself to another hospital after dilating her?

Strange that wouldn't be mentioned. If it is the same case this sounds like additional charges in an attempt to set a precedent.

 

wobblie

(61 posts)
8. this is about fetal death, not the mother
Sat Jan 7, 2012, 08:51 AM
Jan 2012

No mention of that case. Rather the article states, "The case may be the first to test Maryland's fetal homicide law, under which murder charges can be brought against people who "intend to cause the death of a viable fetus."

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