Date:
Thursday, October 9, 2014
by Cheryl Sullenger | LifeNews.com | 10/8/14 5:38 PM
After Kermit Gosnell, he’s been called the “worst abortionist in America.”
This morning, the notorious New Jersey abortionist Steven Chase Brigham faced the New Jersey State
Board of Medical Examiners at a hearing that will eventually decide whether or not his last remaining medical
license will be revoked.
A woman answering the phone at the Board’s offices today told Operation Rescue that it could take “a few
days” for the Board to come to a decision after today’s hearing.
“Given this man’s horrific track record, anything
less than revocation is unthinkable, and would
only continue to put the lives of women in
jeopardy,” said Troy Newman, President of
Operation Rescue.
Brigham has been accused of practicing
medicine without a license in Maryland during a
bi-state late-term abortion scheme he ran to
avoid abortion limits in his home state of New
Jersey. His nefarious practices were discovered
in 2010 when he and his associate, abortionist
Nicola Riley, severely botched a late-term
abortion on an 18-year old patient, rupturing her
uterus and pulling out part of her bowel. The
majority of the baby’s body was thrust into the patient’s abdominal cavity. Brigham drove the injured patient
to a nearby hospital emergency room, where his suspicious behavior prompted hospital staff to call the
police.
The patient was air-lifted to a Baltimore hospital where emergency surgery was required to save her life.
Police raided Brigham’s clandestine Elkton, Maryland, abortion facility and discovered the remains of over 30
late-term babies stored in a bloody freezer. In December, 2010, Brigham and Riley were arrested and
charged with murder in the deaths of 11 babies who were killed during illegal abortions. Those charges were
later dropped after an expert witness for the prosecution withdrew from the case.
Nicola Riley’s Maryland medical license was revoked last year citing fraudulent and deceptive behavior.
Last October, Administrative Judge Jeff Masin heard testimony in Brigham’s disciplinary case and
recommended in August that Brigham should have his last remaining medical license revoked and pay a fine
of $30,000 along with other costs. Masin ruled that Brigham had engaged in a pattern of deception, engaged
in illegal late-term abortions, and operated in Maryland without being licensed in that state.
Brigham has battled legal issues throughout his entire career, having had his licenses revoked in New York
and Florida. He surrendered this Pennsylvania license under pressure and was ordered to never hold
ownership of an abortion facility in that state again – an order he violated last year by opening an abortion
facility in Philadelphia, which was soon closed by the state after pro-life activists complained.
Brigham’s abortion facilities in Maryland were also closed by the state after dangerous practices were
repeatedly found, including a patient death at one of his offices he ran out of a residential condominium
complex.
Despite the orders, Brigham continues to troll for abortion customers in those states. The phones for his
defunct clinics still ring into his American Women’s Services central appointment line.
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According to New Jersey law, unlicensed practitioners are not allowed to hold ownership in medical facilities
in that state, so if Brigham’s license is finally revoked, he should be ordered to shut down his eight abortion
offices in New Jersey.
It is believed that Brigham currently operates 17 abortion facilities in at least four states. Because he has
been run out of one state after another, he has taken to the practice of attempting to conceal his ownership of
abortion centers, five of which are so far under the radar that their whereabouts are currently unknown.
Whatever the New Jersey Board decides, it is not expected to affect the remaining abortion facilities he
continues to own in Virginia, Delaware, and Florida.
“Steven Brigham is the kind of man that is not affected by traditional discipline. We strongly believe that
jailing him is the only way to stop him from operating illegally and secretly, as he has done his entire career,”
said Newman. “However, license revocation will ensure that he cannot ever practice again, and if he does,
his old jail cell awaits him.”