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| Dr. Steven Chase Brigham speaks with one of his attorneys as he waits to appear before the Board of Medical Examiners in this 2010 file photo. (Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger) |
from Marie Tasy, Executive Director
New Jersey Right to Life
After a hearing that lasted approximately 9 hours, the NJ Board of Medical Examiners unanimously agreed to revoke the license of Steven C. Brigham. I attended this hearing as well as many previous hearings over the last 20 years that involved Steven Brigham. Brigham tried to blame his misfortunes on pro-lifers who he referred to as the "forces of hate." The NJ Attorney General pointed out that this tactic was nothing more than his attempt to deflect attention away from his own misconduct and dishonesty.
It has been reported in earlier press accounts that Brigham would no longer be allowed to operate clinics if his license is revoked under NJ law. We certainly hope that is the case, but given Brigham's penchant for flouting the law, it is a situation that will have to be monitored closely.
By
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The state’s physician disciplinary board tonight revoked the license of Steven C. Brigham, a controversial doctor accused of skirting state rules by starting the process of late-term abortions with five women in his South Jersey office, and ordering them to drive to his Maryland clinic where the procedure was finished.
Finding several counts of gross negligence, deception and official misconduct against him, the state Board of Medical Examiners also ordered Brigham to pay $140,000 in penalties. At a future hearing, the board will decide how much of the state's court costs he will be ordered to pay; the tab is expected to exceed $500,000.
The board suspended Brigham’s license in 2010 after the Attorney General's Office argued he used the two-state process to evade New Jersey’s requirement that terminating pregnancies must take place in a hospital or licensed health care facility after 14 weeks. Brigham did not have hospital privileges at the time and is not an obstetrician or a gynecologist.
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