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
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
(307 posts)Huh...?
Dorian Gray
(13,469 posts)Did they perform them in a moving vehicle?
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
(307 posts)jmowreader
(50,440 posts)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.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko
(307 posts)I had never heard of it--evidently, it can be used to induce delivery as well.
ProgressiveProfessor
(22,144 posts)activism.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)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)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."