Gipper
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Authorities: Abortion doctors charged with murder
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two out-of-state doctors who traveled to Maryland to perform late-term abortions have been arrested and charged with multiple counts of murder under the state's viable fetus law, authorities said.
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 Rileyin 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.
Deputy State's Attorney Kerwin A. Miller did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
An attorney for Riley said she had not seen the indictment, but said her client had been inappropriately charged.
http://news.yahoo.com/authorities-abortion-doctors-charged-murder-150817922.html
Most disturbing. I would not refer to an abortionist as a doctor. An abortionist is a baby killer. If Hell exists, no doubt it is full of abortionists.
I wonder, do those who agree with abortion find this story appalling? After all, if the fetus is merely a mass of cells (see post #55 above), what's the big deal?
Aborted at 36 weeks! Oh Lord please help us!
And...no doubt this story will be reported on all the TV news networks. Yeah...right.