A Indiana A doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim is considering suing the goofy state attorney general who threatened her with legal action.
dr Caitlin Bernard assisted the child in performing the abortion after reporting the procedure to the relevant state authorities before the statutory deadline.
However, Todd Rokita, of Motormouth Indiana AG, questioned whether she had reported the procedure to state officials and boasted that he was “collecting evidence” to see if the doctor could face “criminal charges.”
Documents obtained from the Washington Post have revealed that Dr. Bernard reported the minor’s abortion before she was legally required to do so.
She added: “My client, Dr. Caitlin Bernard, has taken all reasonable and appropriate action in accordance with the law and both her medical and ethical training as a physician.
“She has followed all relevant policies, procedures and regulations in this case, as she does every day, to provide the best possible care to her patients.”
In a statement, Kathleen DeLaney, the doctors’ attorney, confirmed that Dr. Bernard “is considering legal action against those who have smeared [her]including Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita.’
During an interview with FoxNewsRokita said, “We’re gathering the evidence as we speak and we’ll fight it to the end — including looking at her license if she hasn’t come forward, in Indiana it’s a.” crime deliberately not reporting.
He first expressed his doubts in a letter to Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, in which he said his office had requested but not received documents from state agencies.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita says an investigation into Dr. Caitlin Bernard was initiated. She performed an abortion on the unidentified 10-year-old rape victim whose story made headlines when she was forced to travel to Indiana from her home state
dr Caitlin Bernard helped the rape victim obtain an abortion and has now said she is considering “legal action” against those who “defaced” her. Her attorney has also stated that her considerations include AG Rokita
In his interview with Fox News, Rokita ranted: “First of all, this is an illegal immigration issue, probably due to Biden’s lawlessness on the border and everything that’s going on down there.
“As a result, Indiana, as a non-border state, has filed several independent lawsuits against it.
“Then we have the rape, then we have this abortion activist who acts as a doctor and hasn’t filed a complaint in the past.”
Indiana University Health officials said in a statement that Bernard did not violate any privacy laws when she told the media an anecdote about the 10-year-old rape victim who needed an abortion in Indiana.
They added: “As part of IU Health’s commitment to patient privacy and compliance with data protection laws, IU Health routinely initiates investigations, including matters in the news that Dr. concern Caitlin Bernard.
“IU Health conducted an investigation with the full cooperation of Dr. Bernard and other team members from IU Health.
“IU Health’s investigation concluded that Dr. Bernard complies with data protection laws.”
In Indiana, abortion is legal up to 22 weeks of pregnancy, and state law requires those performing the procedure to report it within 30 days.
Ohio is one of the many states that will enact laws limiting abortions to six weeks and have no exceptions for rape or incest. Also in the state of Ohio, doctors are required to report abuse of minors
The mother (pictured hidden behind her front door) of a 10-year-old Ohio girl who was raped and made pregnant by an illegal immigrant has denied the charges against Gerson Fuentes (not pictured). She claims her daughter is ‘fine’ and Fuentes is the subject of ‘lies’
For all patients under the age of 16, the reporting window is reduced to three days, and physicians must notify both the Indiana Department of Health and Child Services.
This allows the authorities to initiate investigations into possible cases of child abuse.
The rape victim, a 10-year-old Ohio girl, was attacked by illegal immigrant Gerson Fuentes, 27, who has admitted to the crime.
But the child’s mother has sensationally denied the allegations, claiming her daughter is “doing fine” after being forced to travel to Indiana to get an abortion.
In an interview with Noticias, the girl’s mother claimed that “everything they say against him is a lie”.
Fuentes was arraigned Wednesday in Columbus, where he faces charges of first-degree rape of a child under 13, with his bail set at $2 million.
Gerson Fuentes, 27, (pictured) was arrested on July 12 and charged with a rape after police said he confessed to raping the child twice
The woman reportedly said she had not pressed charges against Fuentes, even though he was charged with rape after he confessed to having “vaginal contact” with the girl on at least two occasions.
The girl recently celebrated her 10th birthday, leading investigators to suspect she was only nine years old when she was raped and later became pregnant.
Her case was first reported on July 1, a week after the Supreme Court ruled Roe v. Wade had lifted and gained international attention.
The victim was forced to travel to Indiana for the procedure because it’s illegal in her home state under the so-called heartbeat law, which bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat is diagnosed.
Ohio law makes no exceptions for rape, incest, or abuse.
The girl originally sought treatment from an Ohio doctor, but was turned away because she was just over six weeks pregnant, the limit imposed by a new state law.
She then asked Bernard for help on June 30, and the doctor then notified the Indiana Department of Health and Child Services about the girl’s abortion on July 2 and found that she had been a victim of abuse.
Police were alerted to the girl’s pregnancy through a referral from her mother on June 22.
Columbus Police Detective Jeffrey Huhn, who testified Wednesday for Fuentes’ prosecution, alleges the girl referred to the Guatemalan resident as her attacker and the father of her child.
Ohio AG Dave Yost Yost had claimed in an interview that there was no “biological evidence” for the story and that he had never heard any “whispers” about the little girl. He was then forced to make a statement after charges were brought against Fuentes
In a statement on Wednesday, Yost was quick to take a different approach to the case following the indictments. He initially claimed that Ohio’s abortion laws have a “medical exception.”
He also testified that DNA evidence collected at the Indianapolis clinic will be compared to samples from Fuentes, The Columbus Dispatch reported.
Officials are also testing DNA collected from the child’s siblings to confirm who fathered the fetus.
The case has been under the scrutiny of Ohio officials, particularly Attorney General Dave Yost, since it first made national headlines earlier this month.
Yost claimed during an interview with Fox News on Monday there was no “biological evidence” for the story and he had never heard a “whisper” about the little girl anywhere before the charges were filed.
The AG also noted that “Ohio’s heartbeat law contains a medical exception that is broader than just the mother’s life.”
Following news of Fuentes’ arrest, the AG office released a statement, which read in part: “My heart aches because of the pain this young child has endured.
“I am grateful for the hard work of the Columbus Police Department in obtaining a confession and getting a rapist off the street.
“Justice must be served and BCI stands ready to assist law enforcement agencies across Ohio in putting these criminals behind bars.”
