Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who provided abortion to 10-year-old rape victim, sues Indiana attorney general

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The lawsuit, filed by lawyer Kathleen DeLaney on behalf of Bernard and her medical partner Dr. Amy Caldwell in Indiana Commercial Court in Marion County, claims Rokita opened investigations into seven consumer complaints filed against Bernard after she came under scrutiny for performing the medication-induced abortion on June 30, days after the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade.In addition to the investigations into Bernard, the suit claims Rokita also launched a probe into Caldwell's actions in May on the basis of a consumer complaint filed based on a "termination of pregnancy report," required for all abortions performed in the state, that was obtained through an open records request.In late July, Rokita served Caldwell with a subpoena for all medical records relating to the patient identified in the report, and, in October, issued a subpoena to a local health care clinic seeking medical records for the same patient.After Bernard's involvement became public over the summer, top Republicans accused her of lying about the incident, and Rokita pledged to investigate whether she violated state law, which requires doctors to report abortions performed on patients younger than 16 within three days of the procedure.A detective with the Columbus, Ohio, police testified that law enforcement learned of the girl's pregnancy through a referral her mother made to Franklin County Children Services on June 22, and the abortion was performed in Indianpolis on June 30."

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