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Indiana doctor who performed abortion on rape victim, 10, DID report procedure to state officials<!-- wp:html --><div></div> <div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">An Indiana doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim is considering suing an attorney general who threatened her with legal action.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">dr. Caitlin Bernard helped the child get the abortion after reporting the procedure to the relevant government agencies before the legally mandated deadline.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">But Motormouth Indiana AG Todd Rokita wondered if she had reported the proceedings to state officials, boasting that he was “collecting evidence” to see if the doctor could face a “criminal charge.”</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">During an interview with Fox News, Rokita said: “We are currently gathering evidence and we will fight this to the end – including looking at her licensure, if she doesn’t report, in Indiana it’s a crime deliberately not reporting.” .</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">He first expressed his doubts in a letter to Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, in which he said his office had requested documentation from state agencies but had not received it.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Documents obtained by the <a target="_blank" class="class" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/15/indiana-doctor-abortion-report-investigation/" rel="noopener">Washington Post </a>have revealed that Dr. Bernard reported the minor’s abortion before she was legally required to do so.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">In a statement, Kathleen DeLaney, the physician attorney, confirmed that Dr. Bernard’s considering legal action against those who smeared. [her]including Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita.”</p> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita says an investigation has been launched into Dr. Caitlin Bernard. She performed an abortion on the unidentified 10-year-old rape victim whose story made headlines when she was forced to travel from her home state to Indiana.</p> </div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">dr. Caitlin Bernard helped the rape victim have an abortion and has now said she is “considering legal action” against those who “smeared” her. Her lawyer has also stated that her considerations are AG Rokita . include</p> </div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">She added: “My client, Dr. Caitlin Bernard, has taken all appropriate and proper steps in accordance with the law and both her medical and ethical training as a physician.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“She followed all relevant policies, procedures and regulations in this case, just as she does every day to provide the best possible care for her patients.”</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">In his interview with Fox News, Rokita raged: “First of all, this is an issue of illegal immigration, probably because of Biden’s lawlessness at the border and everything that’s happening down there.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“That’s why Indiana, as a non-border state, has filed several independent lawsuits about it.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“Then we have the rape, then we have this abortion activist acting as a doctor with a history of failure to report.”</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Indiana University Health officials said in a statement that Bernard did not violate any privacy laws when she shared an anecdote with the media about the 10-year-old rape victim who needed an abortion in Indiana.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">They added: “As part of IU Health’s commitment to patient privacy and compliance with privacy laws, IU Health routinely initiates reviews, including the cases in the news about Dr. Caitlin Bernard.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“IU Health has conducted a study with the full cooperation of Dr. Bernard and other IU Health team members. </p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“The IU Health investigation showed that Dr. Bernard adhered to privacy laws.”</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">In Indiana, abortion is legal until 22 weeks of pregnancy, and state laws require those providing the procedure to report it within 30 days.</p> <div class="mol-img-group artSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Ohio is one of several states that enact laws that limit abortions to six weeks and have no exceptions for rape or incest. Ohio State also requires doctors to report abuse of minors </p> </div> <div class="mol-img-group artSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">The mother (pictured hiding behind her front door) of a 10-year-old Ohio girl who was raped and impregnated by an illegal immigrant has denied charges against Gerson Fuentes (not pictured). She claims her daughter is ‘fine’ and that Fuentes is the subject of ‘lies’</p> </div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">For patients under the age of 16, the reporting period will be reduced to three days, and physicians must alert both the Indiana health department and the pediatric ward.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">This is a way for authorities to start investigations into possible cases of child abuse.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The rape victim, a 10-year-old girl from Ohio, was assaulted by illegal immigrant Gerson Fuentes, 27, who admitted to the crime.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">But the child’s mother has sensationally denied the allegations, claiming her daughter is “all right” after being forced to travel to Indiana for an abortion.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">In an interview with Noticias, the girl’s mother claimed that “everything they say to him is a lie.”</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Fuentes was arraigned Wednesday in Columbus, where he is charged with first-degree rape of a child under 13, with his bail set at $2 million.</p> <div class="mol-img-group floatRHS"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Gerson Fuentes, 27, (pictured) was arrested on July 12 and has been charged with one rape after police confessed to raping the child on two separate occasions.</p> </div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The woman reportedly said she has not brought charges against Fuentes, even though he was charged with rape after admitting that he had had “vaginal contact” with the girl at least twice.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The girl recently celebrated her 10th birthday, leading investigators to suspect she was only nine years old when she was raped and later became pregnant.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Her case was first reported on July 1, a week after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and gained international attention.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The victim was forced to travel to Indiana for the procedure because it is barred from her home state due to the so-called heartbeat law, which prohibits abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Ohio law has no exceptions for rape, incest, or abuse.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Initially, the girl had been treated by an Ohio doctor, but was rejected because she was just over six weeks pregnant, the limit imposed by a new state law.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">She then asked Bernard for help on June 30, and the doctor then alerted Indiana’s health department and the girl’s pediatric ward about the girl’s abortion on July 2, noting that she had been a victim of abuse.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Police were notified of the girl’s pregnancy through a Franklin County Children Services referral made by her mother on June 22.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Columbus Police Department detective Jeffrey Huhn, who testified during Fuentes’ arraignment on Wednesday, claims the girl named the Guatemalan resident as her attacker and the father of her child. </p> <div class="mol-img-group artSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Ohio AG Dave Yost Yost had claimed in an interview that there was no “biological evidence” for the story and that he hadn’t heard “whispers” about the little girl anywhere. He was then forced to make a statement after the charges against Fuentes. was submitted</p> </div> <div class="mol-img-group artSplitter"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> </div> </div> <p class="imageCaption">In a statement on Wednesday, Yost quickly took a different course in the case after the indictment. He initially claimed that Ohio’s abortion laws have a ‘medical exception’</p> </div> <p class="mol-para-with-font">He also testified that DNA evidence collected at the Indianapolis clinic will be tested against samples taken from Fuentes, The Columbus Dispatch reported.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Officials are also testing DNA collected from the child’s siblings in an effort to confirm who fathered the fetus.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The case has been investigated by Ohio officials, most notably Attorney General Dave Yost, since it first made national headlines earlier this month.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Yost claimed during a Fox News interview Monday that there is no “biological evidence” for the story and that he never heard “whispers” about the little girl anywhere before the charges were filed.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">The AG also noted that “Ohio’s heartbeat law has a medical exception, which is broader than just the mother’s life.”</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">Following the news of Fuentes’ arrest, the AG’s office released a statement, which read in part: “My heart aches because of the pain this young child has suffered.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“I am grateful for the diligent work of the Columbus Police Department in extracting a confession and getting a rapist off the street.</p> <p class="mol-para-with-font">“Justice must be served and BCI stands ready to support law enforcement across Ohio by putting these criminals behind bars.”</p> </div><!-- /wp:html -->

An Indiana doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim is considering suing an attorney general who threatened her with legal action.

dr. Caitlin Bernard helped the child get the abortion after reporting the procedure to the relevant government agencies before the legally mandated deadline.

But Motormouth Indiana AG Todd Rokita wondered if she had reported the proceedings to state officials, boasting that he was “collecting evidence” to see if the doctor could face a “criminal charge.”

During an interview with Fox News, Rokita said: “We are currently gathering evidence and we will fight this to the end – including looking at her licensure, if she doesn’t report, in Indiana it’s a crime deliberately not reporting.” .

He first expressed his doubts in a letter to Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, in which he said his office had requested documentation from state agencies but had not received it.

Documents obtained by the Washington Post have revealed that Dr. Bernard reported the minor’s abortion before she was legally required to do so.

In a statement, Kathleen DeLaney, the physician attorney, confirmed that Dr. Bernard’s considering legal action against those who smeared. [her]including Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita.”

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita says an investigation has been launched into Dr. Caitlin Bernard. She performed an abortion on the unidentified 10-year-old rape victim whose story made headlines when she was forced to travel from her home state to Indiana.

dr. Caitlin Bernard helped the rape victim have an abortion and has now said she is “considering legal action” against those who “smeared” her. Her lawyer has also stated that her considerations are AG Rokita . include

She added: “My client, Dr. Caitlin Bernard, has taken all appropriate and proper steps in accordance with the law and both her medical and ethical training as a physician.

“She followed all relevant policies, procedures and regulations in this case, just as she does every day to provide the best possible care for her patients.”

In his interview with Fox News, Rokita raged: “First of all, this is an issue of illegal immigration, probably because of Biden’s lawlessness at the border and everything that’s happening down there.

“That’s why Indiana, as a non-border state, has filed several independent lawsuits about it.

“Then we have the rape, then we have this abortion activist acting as a doctor with a history of failure to report.”

Indiana University Health officials said in a statement that Bernard did not violate any privacy laws when she shared an anecdote with the media about the 10-year-old rape victim who needed an abortion in Indiana.

They added: “As part of IU Health’s commitment to patient privacy and compliance with privacy laws, IU Health routinely initiates reviews, including the cases in the news about Dr. Caitlin Bernard.

“IU Health has conducted a study with the full cooperation of Dr. Bernard and other IU Health team members.

“The IU Health investigation showed that Dr. Bernard adhered to privacy laws.”

In Indiana, abortion is legal until 22 weeks of pregnancy, and state laws require those providing the procedure to report it within 30 days.

Ohio is one of several states that enact laws that limit abortions to six weeks and have no exceptions for rape or incest. Ohio State also requires doctors to report abuse of minors

The mother (pictured hiding behind her front door) of a 10-year-old Ohio girl who was raped and impregnated by an illegal immigrant has denied charges against Gerson Fuentes (not pictured). She claims her daughter is ‘fine’ and that Fuentes is the subject of ‘lies’

For patients under the age of 16, the reporting period will be reduced to three days, and physicians must alert both the Indiana health department and the pediatric ward.

This is a way for authorities to start investigations into possible cases of child abuse.

The rape victim, a 10-year-old girl from Ohio, was assaulted by illegal immigrant Gerson Fuentes, 27, who admitted to the crime.

But the child’s mother has sensationally denied the allegations, claiming her daughter is “all right” after being forced to travel to Indiana for an abortion.

In an interview with Noticias, the girl’s mother claimed that “everything they say to him is a lie.”

Fuentes was arraigned Wednesday in Columbus, where he is charged with first-degree rape of a child under 13, with his bail set at $2 million.

Gerson Fuentes, 27, (pictured) was arrested on July 12 and has been charged with one rape after police confessed to raping the child on two separate occasions.

The woman reportedly said she has not brought charges against Fuentes, even though he was charged with rape after admitting that he had had “vaginal contact” with the girl at least twice.

The girl recently celebrated her 10th birthday, leading investigators to suspect she was only nine years old when she was raped and later became pregnant.

Her case was first reported on July 1, a week after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and gained international attention.

The victim was forced to travel to Indiana for the procedure because it is barred from her home state due to the so-called heartbeat law, which prohibits abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected.

Ohio law has no exceptions for rape, incest, or abuse.

Initially, the girl had been treated by an Ohio doctor, but was rejected because she was just over six weeks pregnant, the limit imposed by a new state law.

She then asked Bernard for help on June 30, and the doctor then alerted Indiana’s health department and the girl’s pediatric ward about the girl’s abortion on July 2, noting that she had been a victim of abuse.

Police were notified of the girl’s pregnancy through a Franklin County Children Services referral made by her mother on June 22.

Columbus Police Department detective Jeffrey Huhn, who testified during Fuentes’ arraignment on Wednesday, claims the girl named the Guatemalan resident as her attacker and the father of her child.

Ohio AG Dave Yost Yost had claimed in an interview that there was no “biological evidence” for the story and that he hadn’t heard “whispers” about the little girl anywhere. He was then forced to make a statement after the charges against Fuentes. was submitted

In a statement on Wednesday, Yost quickly took a different course in the case after the indictment. He initially claimed that Ohio’s abortion laws have a ‘medical exception’

He also testified that DNA evidence collected at the Indianapolis clinic will be tested against samples taken from Fuentes, The Columbus Dispatch reported.

Officials are also testing DNA collected from the child’s siblings in an effort to confirm who fathered the fetus.

The case has been investigated by Ohio officials, most notably Attorney General Dave Yost, since it first made national headlines earlier this month.

Yost claimed during a Fox News interview Monday that there is no “biological evidence” for the story and that he never heard “whispers” about the little girl anywhere before the charges were filed.

The AG also noted that “Ohio’s heartbeat law has a medical exception, which is broader than just the mother’s life.”

Following the news of Fuentes’ arrest, the AG’s office released a statement, which read in part: “My heart aches because of the pain this young child has suffered.

“I am grateful for the diligent work of the Columbus Police Department in extracting a confession and getting a rapist off the street.

“Justice must be served and BCI stands ready to support law enforcement across Ohio by putting these criminals behind bars.”

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