Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, who is stridently anti-abortion, told Fox News he would investigate Dr. Caitlin Bernard's actions, calling her an 'abortion activist acting as a doctor.'
Indiana AG Todd Rokita, who is stridently anti-abortion, called Dr. Caitlin Bernard an 'abortion activist acting as a doctor.'Kaiti Sullivan for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesA hearing on possible disciplinary action opened Thursday for an Indianapolis doctor who spoke publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio, with finger pointing over how the case became a political flashpoint in the national abortion debate.
The Indianapolis Star cited the girl's case in a July 1 article that sparked a national political uproar in the weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June, putting into effect an Ohio law that prohibited abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Some news outlets and Republican politicians falsely suggested Bernard fabricated the story, until a 27-year-old man was charged with the rape in Columbus, Ohio.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita's complaint asked the licensing board to impose "appropriate disciplinary action" but doesn't specify a requested penalty. "There's been no case like this before the board," Voight said. "No physician has been as brazen in pursuit of their own agenda."
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