2nd Abortion Doc Extradicted To Md Appears In Court


Dr. Nicola Riley and her former colleague, Dr. Steven Brigham of Voohees, NJ, were indicted in Maryland last month under a 2005 law that allows murder charges to be brought in the death of a viable fetus. Riley, a resident of Utah, was arrested there Dec. 28 on a fugitive warrant and was held in a local county jail until being extradited to Maryland on Thursday. She appeared in a Maryland courtroom for the first time on Friday. Brigham, a resident of New Jersey, was arraigned in Maryland on Jan. 6th.
The 2005 law is similar to laws found in 37 other states which are generally intended to allow criminal charges in cases of assault or murder involving pregnant women when a fetus is killed as a result. This is the first time the law has been used in Md to charge a physician who performed an abortion.*The law exempts … (Continued...)



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