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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublican AG says he'll investigate Indiana doctor who provided care to 10-year-old rape victim
Politico via Yahoo NewsDr. Caitlin Bernard, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Indianapolis, has told multiple outlets that she provided care to the 10-year-old after a child abuse doctor in Ohio contacted her. The child was six weeks and three days into the pregnancy, Bernard said. After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month, a wave of state-level abortion restrictions took effect, including in Ohio, a state that bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
Were gathering the evidence as we speak, and were going to fight this to the end, including looking at her licensure if she failed to report. And in Indiana its a crime to intentionally not report, state Attorney General Todd Rokita said on Fox News on Wednesday night. This is a child, and theres a strong public interest in understanding if someone under the age of 16 or under the age of 18 or really any woman is having abortion in our state. And then if a child is being sexually abused, of course parents need to know. Authorities need to know. Public policy experts need to know.
OAITW r.2.0
(32,133 posts)Okay.
vanlassie
(6,248 posts)And she herself mentioned that it was NOT YET illegal in Indiana. Hes full of hot air and shit.
regnaD kciN
(27,639 posts)...but, apparently, illegal to not have reported the rape of a child to authorities. Who, undoubtedly, would have taken custody of the child "for her own protection" before the procedure and sent her back to Ohio.
In any event, this is what we should expect from the dominionists: when cases like this come up, deny their existence; then, when that becomes impossible, swing into action...to punish the victims and those who came to their aid. (And, obviously, from what some of them have been saying, there should be no questioning that justice is fully-served if the man responsible is arrested and punished, while the 10-year-old is still forced to carry his child. Actually, that's likely an interim solution for them. In the America to come, once they have taken control and put us under Biblical law, the proper way to bring about justice in this case would be to require the guy to marry her.
I'm expecting that, soon, in the interests of "full disclosure," some holy pro-lifer will leak the identity of the 10-year-old...
MontanaMama
(24,722 posts)Theyre a sick sick bunch.
Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)uponit7771
(93,532 posts)Midnight Writer
(25,410 posts)skylucy
(4,024 posts)And very pissed off. These people are assholes on steroids.
nolabear
(43,850 posts)Of course the doctor is a woman. I deplore these monsters.
JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)wnylib
(26,014 posts)Remember when they accused Justice Jackson Brown of that during her hearing?
JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)Blue Owl
(59,103 posts)Hugin
(37,848 posts)Stupidest statement I have ever personally read. Hey, Pud, in cases of incest. They already know.
This is an AG? No wonder Jordan is a free man.
scarletlib
(3,568 posts)Hugin
(37,848 posts)With the small group of associations most pre-teens have it would be unusual for someone in the family not to be aware of a problem.
ShazzieB
(22,590 posts)The whole time I was reading this, I kept wondering why that AG seemed to know SO little about this case that's been ALL OVER the news media in recent weeks. If he'd actually read even one of the many news stories about this that I've read, he'd already know the answers to most of the issues he raised. Authorities don't "need to know" those things; the ones that actually keep up with the news already do know.
Personally, I think he DOES know and is just putting on a big show to impress anti-abortion voters in his state and help himself get reelected in November. It's obvious that he doesn't give a fat rat's ass about that CHILD and all the crap she's been through. All he wants to do is use her as a pawn in some holy crusade that he's ginned up to make himself look like some righteous antiabortion crusader to anti-choice voters. If he makes her life even more difficult in the process, that's just peachy keen and hunky-dory as far as he's concerned, because he is a disgusting piece of trash.
I'm thinking about sending this assipe a little gift from this website: https://dicksbymail.com/collections/bags-of-dicks
J/k; I'd rather donate the money to Stacey Abrams or Beto. But it's fun to fantasize!
Meowmee
(9,212 posts)Of some very sick people
Deuxcents
(26,915 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Hes posturing.
Deuxcents
(26,915 posts)Isnt he the one who denied the story to begin with?
I think he has alternative motives
krkaufman
(13,961 posts)BootinUp
(51,323 posts)PortTack
(35,820 posts)Maraya1969
(23,497 posts)The big fat asshole.
https://twitter.com/AGToddRokita
Retrograde
(11,419 posts)IANAL, but wouldn't the Ohio child welfare people/doctors/teachers be the ones to report the rape? As far as I can tell the doctor in Indiana performed a legal procedure.
But I'm not a showboating Republican Attorney General either.
regnaD kciN
(27,639 posts)...no matter in which state the actual crime took place.
scarletlib
(3,568 posts)The most that Indiana could have done is let Ohio know. That is where the crime took place.
Finally, maybe her Mom had already reported this to th police in Ohio.
cloudboy07
(351 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)Look through all the charts on the above page and the only ones with a majority who think abortions should be illegal in "all / most cases" are
By religion: white evangelical protestant
By party identification: Republican / lean Republican
By political party / ideology: conservative Republican / lean Rep.
All other religious affiliations, including Catholic and especially Unaffiliated, have a majority believing abortions should be legal in "all / most cases".
For political party / ideology, the two columns represent the percentages of people who believe abortion should be (1) legal in all / most cases, and (2) illegal in all / most cases:
60% 38% Moderate/liberal Republican/lean Rep.
72% 26% Conservative/moderate Democrat/lean Dem.
90% 9% Liberal Democrat/lean Dem.
GoodRaisin
(10,922 posts)RW extremists aren't out to get me. Especially OB-GYN. I wonder if real doctors have thought about that. Could create a shortage of real doctors in Indiana? Then the christo-fascists would pray over the patients?
Novara
(6,115 posts)... doctors for LEGAL abortions in states where it is not illegal? Didn't that EO just happen in the last day or so?
WhiskeyGrinder
(26,955 posts)LisaL
(47,423 posts)NT
MissMillie
(39,652 posts)According to the article, before 22 weeks of pregnancy abortions are legal and absolutely no excuse is required. End of story.
So is this guy planning of spending taxpayer dollars to investigate legal activity?
Someone should investigate him.
ForgedCrank
(3,096 posts)the doctor because she performed an abortion. They are investigating whether or not the incident was reported to the authorities as a potential crime since a 10 year old girl was pregnant.
However, other reports I've read stated the criminal investigation was initiated well over a month ago if my memory is correct.
So it sounds to me like the case was properly reported a long time ago as perpetrator was also arrested long ago. This will not go anywhere, it's just public posturing by the authorities in that state.
Novara
(6,115 posts)ForgedCrank
(3,096 posts)Nothing will come of it, it was already dealt with.
In It to Win It
(12,651 posts)...which I would assume is the point.
The doctor who, by all appearances, did everything legally and it's put out into the press by the state AG that she'll be investigated.
Novara
(6,115 posts)They think by going after doctors, they will become too afraid to administer abortions where it is still legal. I think though, it may backfire. I can imagine doctors getting more determined to provide care.
This fucking right wing bullying is so damn tiresome. They employ it everywhere they are losing. Let's never give in. We need to punch the fucking bullies in the throat.
Oneironaut
(6,299 posts)Imagine being upset that a 10-year-old child who was raped didnt have an infant rip through her body?
Go fuck yourself you bloviating shithead!
Martin68
(27,749 posts)niyad
(132,440 posts)the idiot's POUTRAGE.
Mr. Evil
(3,457 posts)after the Extreme Court's ruling on Roe, abortions are prohibited even in the case of rape or incest. So, the Death Party (formerly known as the GOP), by excluding rape and incest as reasons for allowing an abortion, tacitly approve of rape and incest. Especially if it results in a pregnancy.
So, the Death Party is ok with Daddy raping and impregnating his own daughter. Wow... just let that sink in.
ripcord
(5,553 posts)The law says a doctor has to report any instances of suspected child abuse within 3 days and that wasn't done. We have mandatory reporting laws for a reason and the doctor failed to follow them, has she said why she ignored the law? I honestly don't know why people are so upset, this is an obvious violation of the law.
LisaL
(47,423 posts)She reported it within the time frame.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)This is a weird story.
LisaL
(47,423 posts)They are doing DNA test on the suspect, so they will know if he is the father of the aborted fetus soon enough.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Sickening.