A 10-year-old Ohio rape victim got an abortion. Now her doctor is being punished.
The decision to punish Bernard has left physicians across the country “afraid of getting in the crosshairs of politicians in their state and feeling that they could be next,” she said. That applies in the context of abortion, but also when it comes to bans on gender-affirming care for trans kids.
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Indiana board reprimands Dr. Caitlin Bernard over 10-year-old’s abortion case
Indiana’s medical board on Thursday determined that a doctor who spoke publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim violated privacy rules, and imposed a fine.
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Indiana reprimands doctor who spoke publicly about providing 10-year-old’s abortion
“I think that it’s incredibly important for people to understand the real-world impacts of the laws of this country, about abortion or otherwise,” Bernard said during a day-long hearing on Thursday in Indianapolis. “I think it’s important for people to know what patients will have to go through because of legislation that is being passed.”
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