But she finds herself at the center of a post-Roe clash shaking the medical community. Bernard, who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old, says doctors shouldn't be silent. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist, July 26, 2022. Wade and ended the federal right to abortion, helped make Bernard part of national debate over abortion rights in the county.ĭr. The disclosure of why the Ohio girl made her medical journey to Indiana, days after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. The complaint alleged that Bernard violated patient privacy law when she discussed the case of the girl without the consent of the patient or a guardian – even while not using her name – over the summer with the Indianapolis Star. However, the board dismissed two other allegations in the complaint, determining she did not violate laws requiring physicians to immediately report suspected child abuse and keep abreast of mandatory reporting and patient privacy laws.īernard will be fined $3,000 and receive a letter of reprimand, according to the board, which agreed to allow her to continue practicing medicine.
Caitlin Bernard, an obstetrician-gynecologist, liable on three counts of violating patient privacy laws after Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita filed a complaint against the doctor in November. An Indianapolis doctor who publicly revealed she provided abortion services to a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim last year has been reprimanded and fined by Indiana’s medical licensing board after it determined the disclosure violated federal and state patient privacy laws.
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