Indiana AG Todd Rokita Escalates War on Caitlin Bernard, Doctor Who Performed 10-Year-Old Girl’s Abortion
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is doubling down on outrage after a 10-year-old rape victim came to his state for an abortion – but he directed almost all of it to the doctor who performed the procedure. art.
27 years old, Guatemalan nationality, Gerson Fuentes, arrested Tuesday for allegedly raping the Ohio girl on May 12. The girl became pregnant and on June 22, her mother notified child care services in the state, who reported it. to Columbus police, Detective Jeffrey Huhn said Wednesday.
Eight days later, the girl, who was six weeks and three days pregnant, went to Indianapolis for an abortion because Ohio had banned the procedure six weeks after the Supreme Court overturned it. Roe v. Wade.
Dr. Caitlin Bernardwho performed the procedure and first mentioned the girl’s plight to Indianapolis starimmediately made international headlines and even received a mention from President Joe Biden, who said the girl was referred by a child abuse doctor in Ohio.
The original Rokita complain on Fox News on Wednesday night that Bernard is an “abortion activist working as a doctor” with a “disclosed history” of child abuse cases – a claim he did not substantiate.
He also called it a “terrible, horrible scene caused by Marxists and socialists and people in the White House who want lawlessness at the border.” (The Daily Beast confirms Fuentes is believed to be undocumented; his public defender says he has lived in Ohio for at least seven years.)
On Thursday, he escalated the campaign against Bernard, releasing another statement and an open letter that appeared to imply, without evidence, that she may have failed to report the rape or vandalism. pregnant.
Below Indiana Law, a doctor who suspects child abuse must immediately report it to the authorities. Physicians are also required to report all abortions performed on patients under the age of 16 to both the medical department and child care services within three days.
But in inflammation statementRokita admits he has no proof when it comes to Bernard.
“We are investigating this situation and are waiting for the relevant documents to prove whether abortion and/or abuse were reported, as Dr Caitlin Bernard has requested that both be done under Indiana law. ,” Rokita said. “Failure to do so constitutes a crime in Indiana, and her conduct may also affect her license. In addition, if a HIPAA violation has occurred, that could affect further steps as well. “
“I will not stop pursuing the truth,” he added.
Attached to his statement was a letter he sent to Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb asking Holcomb to direct state agencies to immediately document any Bernard reports.
He said his staff asked the state Department of Health about any termination reports filed in the past 30 days and were told it would take longer than usual to find because the department was using a new system. He asserted that the Department of Children’s Services had not responded to requests for similar documents.
Rokita also repeated his statement that the “horror” was caused by “illegal immigration here”.
Bernard did not respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment but, in a tweet Wednesday, she wrote that she was “sad” that the United States continued to be free of victims of sexual assault.
