Abortion doctor signals she'll sue Indiana AG over comments
Source: AP
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio took the first step Tuesday toward suing Indiana’s attorney general for defamation.
Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who gave the girl a medication-induced abortion on June 30, filed a tort claim notice over what she says are false statements that Attorney General Todd Rokita has made about her and her work.
Bernard received widespread attention after she gave an interview to the Indianapolis Star about the child, who traveled to Indiana from Ohio for the abortion. A so-called fetal heartbeat law took effect in Ohio last month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Such laws ban abortions from the time a fetus’ heartbeat can be detected, which is typically around the sixth week of pregnancy.
A 27-year-old man was charged last week in Columbus, Ohio, with raping the girl, confirming the existence of a case that was initially met with skepticism by some news outlets and Republican politicians.
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She should sue the Wall Street Journal too.
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mopinko
(73,928 posts)
That is the ONLY language these aholes understand. They don’t care about truth, they don’t care about ethics, but if flogging their lies to score political points ends up costing them a hefty settlement, they will peddle their lies a little more carefully in the future.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)decisions.
Bad enough when they were jerking around with death certificates. Now this...
Going to Canada
(169 posts)Yes, we must respond every time we see this kind of injustice! This is not normal behavior. We must hold all accountable to the disruption of our freedom and Civil rights! This is dark history! Stay awake!
PortTack
(35,824 posts)sheshe2
(98,439 posts)He put her life and her family's lives in danger.
The ass needs to be fired as well.
AngryOldDem
(14,180 posts)Rokita’s going to regret doing this.
cloudboy07
(351 posts)
YoshidaYui
(45,655 posts)Asses, Doc, it’s the only language Republicans understand.
calimary
(90,773 posts)
Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)that a heartbeat can be detected at aroung the sixth week of preenancy? Bullshit, but it's been made a mainstream truth by the republicans and the press now.
reACTIONary
(7,289 posts).... If there isn't a heart, there isn't a heartbeat. And at six weeks there isn't a heart.
But what difference would it make if there was? None. The heart does not ensure viability outside the womb.
Pmc1962
(48 posts)“A so-called fetal heartbeat law took effect in Ohio last month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Such laws ban abortions from the time a fetus’ cardiac activity can be detected, which is typically around the sixth week of pregnancy.”
Mr.Bill
(24,906 posts)Sky Jewels
(9,148 posts)Hope one steps up!
SergeStorms
(20,807 posts)and the lives of her family. What those sick "christians" have done already is outrageous.
I hope she gets every penny they have.
wnylib
(26,454 posts)lying, opportunistic mouth.
Skittles
(172,850 posts)SEND A MESSAGE TO EVERY OTHER MAGAT LAWYER THIS BEHAVIOR IS *NOT ACCEPTABLE*
jaxexpat
(7,794 posts)If suing's how it's to be done then do it and do it well. Bleed the bastards dry.
cloudboy07
(351 posts)property , vehicles, yacht's , bank accounts , leave his jocky short's !
ShazzieB
(22,876 posts)I can't tell you how happy this news makes me! I just posted earlier this evening that I think he deserves a gigantic ass-kicking for the things he said, and I meant it!
I hope she sues him absolutely blind AND makes him a figure of public ridicule while she's at it. That pos is right up (or down) there with Trump, Abbott, and DeSantis on the list of people I hate, loathe, and despise. 
niyad
(134,022 posts)
lark
(26,113 posts)Theirs was the worst non-apology pretense ever.
Pmc1962
(48 posts)She is an OBGYN, abortion is just one piece of comprehensive women’s (and, sadly in this case, children’s) health care.
“Abortion doctor” does not describe her, any more than “cholecystectomy doctor” would describe a general surgeon or “pneumonia doctor” describes an internist.
She is the gynecologist who cared for an abused child. Or, the doctor who cared for this child.
Please respect her by referring to her credentials properly. She is so much more than 1 procedure.
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