A medical board reprimanded Dr. Caitlin Bernard for discussing her experience performing an abortion on a child.
In July, Rokita opened an investigation into whether Bernard had violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , a law that protects patient privacy, by speaking to a reporter about the incident, as well as whether Bernard had properly reported the child abuse in the state of Indiana.
When questioned about her advocacy work on reproductive rights, Bernard, an OB-GYN, said she felt it was her ethical obligation to inform Indiana residents about the public health impacts of a law that was going to be decided by state legislators in a special session that summer. Indiana passed a near-total abortion ban in August that is currently being challenged in court. In the meantime, abortions are legal up to 22 weeks after the last menstrual period.
“From [the Office for Civil Rights] perspective, I think it would be fair to say disclosure to the media is treated with some higher sensitivity,” he said.
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