Attorney General Todd Rokita facing discipline charges for comments on Dr. Caitlin Bernard

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The Indiana Supreme Court's Disciplinary Commission says Rokita violated confidentiality laws when he talked about an investigation into a doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Supreme Court's Disciplinary Commission has filed charges against Attorney General Todd Rokita over comments he made on a national talk show regarding an investigation into a doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old girl.

Shortly after the fall of Roe v. Wade, Bernard drew national attention after last year after she told a newspaper reporter that she performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim who from Ohio who came to Indianapolis for the procedure. In an emailed statement Monday, Rokita refuted the charges and vowed to fight against"radicals have fostered an environment that 'cancels' non-compliant citizens through intimidation as well as tactics that can weaponize our respected institutions."

 

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