Posted on 07/15/2022 7:20:42 PM PDT by NoLibZone
Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the Indiana doctor who treated a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim, warned Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita to cease and desist Friday.
Bernard warned that the attorney general's claims she did not report she performed an abortion on the 10-year-old victim were false and defamatory. Her lawyers contended she had complied with applicable reporting laws and that the attorney general's remarks could mislead her patients.
INDIANA AG INVESTIGATING DOCTOR WHO PROVIDED CARE FOR CHILD RAPE VICTIM SEEKING ABORTION
"We are especially concerned that, given the controversial political context of the statements, such inflammatory accusations have the potential to incite harassment or violence from the public," the cease and desist letter reads. "Please cease and desist from making false and misleading statements about alleged misconduct by Dr. Bernard in her profession, which constitute defamation per se."
Rokita announced plans Wednesday to investigate whether Bernard breached state reporting laws by not divulging the fact that she had performed an abortion on the 10-year-old rape victim.
A review from her employer, Indiana University Health, concluded that she was not in any violation of any state privacy laws, the institution announced Friday. Bernard's lawyers hinted at taking legal action against Rokita before sending the cease and desist letter.
Rokita noted his inquiry would "remain open," even after reports indicated Bernard filed the required disclosure forms on July 2 in compliance with state law.
Bernard treated a 10-year-old girl from Ohio who was allegedly raped by a 27-year-old man whose last known apartment was located in Columbus. That man has since been charged for the alleged rape.
Against the backdrop of Ohio's recently enacted abortion laws, the 10-year-old girl reportedly crossed state lines into Indiana in pursuit of an abortion. Ohio restricts abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can occur as early as six weeks of gestation. The law was allowed to go into effect after the Supreme Court overturned precedents first established in Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed a constitutional right to an abortion.
Reports promoted by President Joe Biden and others indicated the girl was brought to neighboring Indiana about a week after the landmark Supreme Court ruling because she could not obtain the abortion legally in the Buckeye State. She was six weeks and three days pregnant at the time, the Indianapolis Star reported. The state's abortion restriction does not contain an exception for instances of rape.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has disputed the notion that she could not legally obtain an abortion in Ohio, pointing to the state's medical emergency exception in its abortion restriction. However, some doctors have cast doubt on Yost's assessment, arguing they did not believe adolescent pregnancy was covered by the state's medical emergency exception.
The Washington Examiner reached out to a spokesperson for Rokita for comment.
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Gerson Fuentes, 27, who is accused of raping the 10-year-old, was arrested Tuesday and confessed to the crime, according to police. He was an illegal immigrant and could face deportation, a spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told the Washington Examiner. Fuentes is facing a first-degree felony charge for rape.
The 10-year-old's mother has disputed reports about Fuentes and her daughter, insisting that her daughter is "fine" and that "everything they say about" him is a "lie," she told a Telemundo reporter.
Had we not questioned it , the little girl would’ve been returned home to be continually raped.
The mother is perfectly fine with her 10-year-old daughter having been repeatedly raped by the 27-year-old man!
If she is the mother that it’s prostitution.
It may very well turn out that this child has been trafficked into the US.
The girl qualified for “medical treatment” under the law with her circumstance. The media and especially Joe Biden lied for political points.
Who was it that labeled the 27 year old rapist as a minor? That kept it off the radar, don’t you think?
Has anyone checked to determine if the girl is in fact the daughter of the woman who says she is the the mother? Are we sure she isn’t just being pimped out?
Despite the fact that the man has admitted to raping her at least twice the mother has no issues with that or the man.
This tells me that either she isn’t the mother and the child is being trafficked or she pimps her children out for cash and prizes.
has anyone verified that the child is actually ten years old?
If she has a US birth certificate then I would believe it. But if she was born elsewhere, I would question her age.
It’s an open secret that many “children” coming in without papers are often given a fake birth date to make them seem younger.
And that might be why the mom isn’t upset: If the girl was 14, then in a lot of countries she would be old enough to have sex.
‘The 10-year-old’s mother has disputed reports about Fuentes and her daughter, insisting that her daughter is “fine” and that “everything they say about” him is a “lie,” she told a Telemundo reporter.’
Out. All of you. GTFO! Raping a child is illegal everywhere. All of them are going to have to go back. All. They either go back, or we end up with a “multi-tiered” society. Ohio, Indiana, is this what you signed up for?
The “doctor” has no authority to issue any cease and desist order to any law enforcement official.
It benefits no one to spread false information.
Stick to the facts and you’ll be on solid ground.
I don’t agree with killing the unborn here. We shouldn’t
say she didn’t follow the law, if she did.
This particular abortion seems to be a Tar Baby.
So many people who became involved in performing it, publicizing it, politicizing it to support more abortions, have gotten tangled up in possible violations of the law.
The media wanted a 10-year-old rape baby abortion story so badly they didn’t stop to consider the full scope of the lower class dysfunction they were about to expose.
This story didn’t pass the smell test from the beginning!
& now it’s getting more bizarre.
The “mom” speaks only Spanish..they’re covering for the rapist.
I’m sure all illegally here.
I hope the AG doesn’t backdown, something nefarious going on with this whole story, especially the abort happy doctor.
“Raping a child is illegal everywhere.”
In the United States it’s illegal; in Mexico, not so much.
It’s pretty easy for them to prove or disprove, furnish the report copy
I agree.
Look, I don’t understand her defending the guy. Good grief.
The mom that is. What on earth?
The rapist was an illegal invader.
Yep... and it looks like they have all stepped on their cranks!
It’s beyond horrible. I’m willing to bet the “mom” is not really the mom. I’ll bet that poor child was pimped out.
Yes, not sure what the real story is, but it certainly isn’t
a good one. Hope they get to the bottom of it and folks who
should have known better get a reasoned sentence for the part
they played in it.
Anyone can send anyone a cease and desist letter, it’s just lawyer talk for “knock it off or we’ll sue”.
let’s make sure she has no more patients
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