Abortion Doctors Face Murder Charges

Two abortion doctors, Steven Brigham and Nicola Riley, face murder charges in Maryland stemming from a botched abortion.

Brigham was arrested in Camden, New Jersey, and is being held on $3 million bail. Riley was arrested in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may fight extradition to Maryland.



Steven Brigham, Nicola Riley

A slate of charges will be disclosed at arraignment.

The Cecil County, Maryland grand jury began what turned out to be a 16-month criminal investigation following an August 2010, complaint from an 18-year-old New Jersey woman who had been critically injured during an abortion begun in New Jersey and completed in Maryland by Riley.

Four days later, in an August 17, 2010, raid on the Elkton, Maryland abortion clinic police “found 35 late-term fetuses in a freezer, several just a few weeks shy of full term,” according to Marie McCullough of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

More as the story develops.