Owner of Beach abortion clinic had license suspended in N.J.

Owner of Beach abortion clinic had license suspended in N.J. | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com: Dr. Steven C. Brigham had his medical license suspended last fall by the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners after authorities discovered he had begun at least five late-term abortions in New Jersey and then transported the patients to his clinic in Maryland, where state law allows second-trimester abortions outside a hospital, according to news reports.

Brigham is listed as the president and secretary of two companies on the second floor of 224 Groveland Road, according to the Virginia Beach Commissioner of the Revenue's office. That also is the address of a clinic called Virginia Women's Wellness.

Brigham is not licensed to practice medicine in Virginia. He has no day-to-day involvement with the local facility, said Dr. David R. Peters, who serves as the medical director for the Virginia League for Planned Parenthood and worked for 13 years at Virginia Women's Wellness. He said the clinic is safe and well-run. 'If my sister had need of an abortion, if I could not do it, I would not hesitate to send her to Virginia Women's Wellness,' Peters said.