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Indiana reprimands doctor who spoke publicly about providing 10-year-old's abortion

Tracey Wilkinson (left), a pediatric doctor with Indiana University School of Medicine, and Caroline E. Rouse, a maternal fetal medicine doctor with IU School of Medicine, line up outside of a conference room to support Caitlin Bernard during Thursday's hearing. (Mykal McEldowney/AP)

A state medical board is reprimanding an Indiana doctor who drew national attention after speaking publicly about providing an abortion for a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio.

Dr. Caitlin Bernard was called before Indiana's Medical Licensing Board after the state's Republican attorney general filed a complaint. A majority of board members found that she had violated privacy laws by speaking about the case, and voted to fine her $3,000 in addition to the reprimand.

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