Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita could face disciplinary action for statements he made on national television regarding the Indiana physician who provided abortion services to a 10-year-old Ohio girl.
last week when he said he was looking into whether Dr. Caitlin Bernard reported the abortion and suspected sexual abuse as required under state law.
Indiana requires the immediate reporting of suspected child sexual abuse and physicians must report any abortion they perform on someone under age 16 to the state within three days.through a public records request show Bernard reported the 10-year-old's abortion to the Indiana Department of Health and the Department of Child Services within the required time frame. She also indicated the girl was seeking an abortion as a result of being abused.
In Robel's complaint, she argued Rokita failed to perform due diligence before making accusations about Bernard. "It was also about as clear as it could be that he went after this doctor who was performing a legal medical procedure in Indiana because he opposes abortion, not because he had evidence against her of any sort," Robel said."The deputy for Stalin was reported to have said, 'Show me the man and I'll find the crime.' That's just not the way we do things in the United States.
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