A doctor accused of shuttling New Jersey patients to Maryland for late-term abortions is now accused of mistreating two additional patients, including a Canadian woman who received an abortion of a nearly full-term fetus. The new accusations against Steven C. Brigham are contained in documents filed last week by state Attorney General Paula Dow, who is seeking to have his...
A doctor accused of shuttling New Jersey patients to Maryland for late-term abortions is now accused of mistreating two additional patients, including a Canadian woman who received an abortion of a nearly full-term fetus.
The new accusations against Steven C. Brigham are contained in documents filed last week by state Attorney General Paula Dow, who is seeking to have his license suspended or revoked. Brigham has agreed to stop practicing until the Board of Medical Examiners, the physician disciplinary panel, meets to discuss his case next month.
The documents show Brigham performed an abortion in August for a 35-year-old Canadian woman who was 33 weeks pregnant. The fetus had Down syndrome.
As with other patients, Brigham allegedly began the abortion in New Jersey by giving medications to start the process, then had the woman drive herself to Maryland where the procedure was completed. Brigham does not hold a Maryland medical license, the state’s records say.
Physicians in New Jersey performing an abortion 21 weeks after the mother’s last menstrual period must do so in a hospital or a licensed ambulatory care facility, and must have permission from the state medical board.
Brigham did not see patients at licensed care facilities, according to the attorney general’s documents. He saw patients in private offices in Voorhees, Woodbridge, Phillipsburg and Toms River, and none of those sites is registered as a licensed ambulatory care facility, the documents show. He does not have admitting privileges at any New Jersey hospital, nor is he trained as a gynecologist and obstetrician, the documents state.
Statehouse Bureau reporter Susan K. Livio contributed to this report.