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Tom Boggioni

Abortion Dr. gets threats due to Barrett

Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett responds to questions on the second day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on October 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images

According to a report from the Guardian, the Indiana abortion doctor at the center of the shocking story about the 10-year-old Ohio girl who had to cross state lines for the procedure after she was raped, was previously warned by the FBI that they had a credible threat against her and her daughter after she was singled out on an anti-choice website once avidly promoted by now-Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

The report notes that Dr. Caitlin Bernard testified last year that she stopped giving abortions at a clinic in South Bend after Planned Parenthood passed on a message from the FBI of a kidnapping plot against her daughter.

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