Nearly one year after she publicly discussed the case of a 10-year-old rape survivor’s abortion, an Indiana obstetrician-gynecologist at the centre of anti-abortion Republican backlash has been reprimanded by a state medical board.
On 25 May, Indiana’s Medical Licensing Board determined that Dr Caitlin Bernard – who provided care for the 10-year-old patient who traveled from Ohio to obtain legal access to abortion – had violated patient privacy laws by speaking to a reporter about the case.
