Doctor who provided abortion for 10-year-old rape victim moves to sue Indiana attorney general for defamation
The lawyer for a doctor who provided abortion services to a 10-year-old rape victim moved to file a defamation lawsuit against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita.
The lawyer for a doctor who provided abortion services to a 10-year-old rape victim moved to file a defamation lawsuit against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita.
An attorney for Dr. Caitlin Bernard on Tuesday filed a tort claim, a precursor to a lawsuit, after Rokita told local and national media outlets that he was investigating the doctor after she performed the procedure on a patient who could not get an abortion in her home state of Ohio.
Rokita’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ohio enacted a "fetal heartbeat" law, banning abortions at around the six-week mark of pregnancy, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe. v Wade last month. The girl was just over six weeks pregnant, Bernard told The Indianapolis Star.
Indiana legislators are preparing for a special session to debate banning abortion later in July, but the procedure is currently still legal in the state.
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