By TOM DAVIES, Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP)– An Indianapolis physician who offered abortion drugs to a 10- year-old rape victim from Ohio protected her actions prior to a judge Monday in an episode that drew nationwide attention in the weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade. Dr. Caitlin Bernard affirmed throughout the 2nd day of a court hearing on an effort to obstruct Indiana’s Republican chief law officer from looking for client medical records. The attorney general of the United States’s workplace states it is examining whether Bernard appropriately reported kid abuse and potentially broke client personal privacy laws by informing a paper press reporter about the lady’s case. The Marion County judge stated she anticipated to release a choice next week on whether to provide an initial injunction versus the attorney general of the United States’s workplace. Bernard dealt with the lady in Indianapolis in late June, as the lady was not able to have an abortion in surrounding Ohio. That’s since Ohio’s “fetal heart beat” law worked with the Supreme Court’s choice. Such laws prohibit abortions from the time heart activity can be found in an embryo, which is normally around the 6th week of pregnancy. Political Cartoons Bernard and her legal representatives preserve the lady’s abuse had actually currently been reported to Ohio cops and kid protective services authorities prior to the physician ever saw the kid. Bernard stated throughout her almost 90 minutes of testament that her suit was targeted at safeguarding the lady’s personal privacy. “There is no proof of any criminal offense being devoted … so there must be no examination needed,” Bernard stated. Deputy Attorney General Caryn Nieman-Szyper argued tha
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