Are abortions still performed in basements?
According to the Reading Times, (Abortion clinic called illegal, 9/25/1991), Pennsylvania health officials began an investigation of abortionist Steven Brigham in 1991, when they learned that he was allegedly performing abortions in the basement of an apartment building on Penn Ave. They claimed that several of his former employees contacted officials concerned about his practice. Brigham let his Pennsylvania license expire in 1992, and has not renewed it. Pennsylvania is not the only state where Brigham’s actions were called into question. Brigham’s medical license shows it was revoked in Florida in 1995. In 1994, The New York Administrative Review Board for Professional Misconduct and Physician Discipline found Brigham guilty of gross negligence and negligence on more than one occasion. Brigham’s Georgia license expired in 1993 and has not been renewed. A 1996 Virginia Pilot article ( Abortion clinic doctor has no license to practice in VA, 8/17/1996) revealed that although Brigham w
