INDIANAPOLIS: There has been much news and debate over the past few days about a 10-year-old Ohio girl who was sexually assaulted and had to travel to Indiana to have an abortion performed by Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who runs an abortion clinic in Indiana.
However, now the case has garnered new headline stating that Bernand is now under investigation. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita named OB-GYN Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who works at two different Indiana clinics, is an “abortion activist-acting-physician” who “has a history of non-reporting of criminal incidents.” That’s what caused the headline to grab people’s attention.
dr Caitlin Bernard was required by Indiana law to report both the abortion and the abuse, Rokita, a pro-life Republican, said in a statement Thursday, July 14. “It’s illegal in Indiana not to do so, and your actions could affect their license as well.” Also, a HIPAA violation could change the next steps. I will not give up my search for the truth.”
AG Rokita said in a letter that Bernard had not presented any evidence that the abortion or abuse had been reported. Rokita also said that someone from the attorney general’s office called the Indiana Department of Health and Human Services and asked for all pregnancy termination reports (TRPs) from the past 30 days so they could investigate the 10-year-old girl’s abortion reported by Bernard. However, Bernard gave no TRPs.
Since 2017, 37-year-old Bernard, who lives with her husband in a small two-story house just outside of Indianapolis, has spoken out in more than 20 print and radio media outlets for abortion rights. But since the questions surrounded her, she hasn’t responded to any of them regarding the investigation. After Gershon Fuentes, the 27-year-old accuser, was arrested, Bernard finally spoke up. In a tweet, Bernard said: “My heart breaks for all people who have been sexually assaulted or abused.” “It makes me so sad that our country is failing them when they need us most. People need to be able to get the care they need from doctors, when and where they need it.”
The Indianapolis Star first wrote about the case earlier this month. It said a 10-year-old girl who had been raped went to Indiana for an abortion three days after it became illegal in her home state. On Monday, June 27, three days after the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, an Ohio doctor who treats child abuse, named Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who performs abortions. By this time, the girl had been pregnant for six weeks and three days.
The case quickly went viral and became a big talking point among those who support abortion rights, including President Joe Biden.
“Think about being that little girl,” Biden said when criticizing the High Court’s decision on Friday, July 8. “I am not joking. Biden said, “Remember to be that little girl. This is not a made up horror. “It’s going on. “Just last week it was reported that a 10-year-old girl had been raped and had to go to Indiana to try to get rid of the pregnancy and maybe save her life,” he said.
Biden didn’t like what the Supreme Court was doing. He said the judges were “out of control” and working with “extremist elements in the Republican Party.” While Republicans dismissed the case, saying it wasn’t true. On Monday, July 11, the day before Fuentes’ arrest, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said there was “not a shred of evidence” that a 10-year-old girl was recently raped in the state.
Yost also said the girl “didn’t have to leave Ohio to get treatment” because the state’s heartbeat law allows for exceptions like these. But on Thursday, July 14, the Ohio Legislative Service Commission wrote in a letter that the state has banned all abortions with just two exceptions, regardless of how the baby was conceived or the age of the mother. 1) When a fetal heartbeat cannot be found, which usually takes about six weeks, and 2) to prevent a pregnant woman from dying or being seriously injured. It is not known whether the 10-year-old girl had a fetal heartbeat.