The state Medical Licensing Board voted that Dr. Caitlin Bernard didn’t abide by privacy laws when she told a newspaper reporter about the girl’s treatment in a case that became a flashpoint in the…
An Indiana board decided Thursday night to reprimand an Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from neighboring Ohio.
Bernard’s lawyers also said that she didn’t release any identifying information about the girl that would break privacy laws. Dr. Tracey Wilkinson, left, and Dr. Caroline E. Rouse line up outside of a conference room to support Dr. Caitlin Bernard on May 25, 2023, at the Indiana Government Center in Indianapolis.Bernard’s lawyer Alice Morical told the board Thursday that the doctor reported child abuse of patients many times a year and that a hospital social worker had confirmed with Ohio child protection staffers that it was safe for the girl to leave with her mother.
“There’s been no case like this before the board,” Voight said. “No physician has been as brazen in pursuit of their own agenda.” He disagreed with the board majority’s view that the combination of information about the rare instance of a pregnant 10-year-old girl could have exposed her identity. “I think if the attorney general, Todd Rokita, had not chosen to make this his political stunt we wouldn’t be here today,” Bernard said.
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