Dr Nicola Riley, family practice physician in Salt Lake City (1220 East 3900 South, Suite 4A, in case you were wondering) has been stripped of her license to practice medicine in Maryland after an 18-year old woman is in critical condition following Dr Riley’s botched abortion.
On August 13th, Dr Riley started an abortion on a woman 21 weeks pregnant. In the course of the abortion, she perforated her uterus and punctured her bowel. She and the Dr who owns the clinic but is not licensed to practice medicine in Maryland – Dr Steven Brigham – took the mother to a local hospital in a rental car rather than an ambulance. They also debated just pushing her there in a wheelchair, even though the mother was only semi-conscious and could not sit in a wheelchair by herself.
Security personnel at the hospital testified the two doctors did not want to say who they were, what had happened or where they came from. The report linked above said that after dropping the mother off, Dr Riley went back to the clinic and performed another abortion.
The state issued a cease-and-desist order because of the egregious nature of the offense. Local police raided the Elkton, MD clinic, taking medical records and a freezer containing approximately 35 aborted babies up to 36 weeks gestational age, far past the point of viability.
Dr Riley flew every other week from her home in Utah to perform abortions in Maryland. She started on July 30 and almost killed a young mother just shy of two weeks later, on August 13. Shortly after this incident and following two complaints, the Maryland state Board of Medicine began an investigation. Less than two weeks after that, they stripped Dr Riley of her Maryland license and charged her with unprofessional conduct and practicing medicine with an unauthorized person. They concluded that she “poses a threat to her patients’ safety and wellbeing and thereby represents a danger to the public, her patients and the profession of medicine.”
A “post-deprivation” hearing is scheduled for this Wednesday at 10 am at the Maryland State Board of Physicians.
Tags: Abortion, late-term abortion, Nicola Riley
September 5, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Does she have a family practice in Utah that includes abortions of babies who are viable? Will Utah now investigate her as well? I was sickened at what was found in the Maryland Clinic freezer – is there no legal punishment for the atrocities she performed?
September 5, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Dr. Riley shares a tiny space in clinic 4A. There are two AMAZING physicians in that office and use primarily as a General Surgery practice. I only know because one of them did my pancreatic surgery last year. Just wanted to clarify…Neither Dr. Robert Naylor nor Dr. Erica Lloyd share patients or any part of their (or her practice).
September 8, 2010 at 1:24 pm
I can’t tell you how angry this makes me. I get angry about this on so many levels…
It’s one thing to perform legal abortions (which I don’t like, anyway). It’s another thing to perform illegal abortions, past viability, then to almost kill the mother, then to try to hide the fact, PLUS the completely calloused way that they tried to ameliorate it….?
Hippocratic Oath, anyone? “Do no harm?”
September 10, 2010 at 7:21 am
There should be something charged against her, like I don’t know- maybe murder, for the 36 week old that she killed. I delivered most of my babies at 36 weeks.. that is awful!
It sounds like she was more concerned about her “Good” name at the hospital than saving a life. Utah Needs to strip her of her license. Maybe a good protest out side of Her office will help do the job!