Indianapolis, IN — An Indiana doctor has dropped her lawsuit that aimed to halt the state’s attorney general from investigating her after she provided an abortion to a 10-year-old Ohio child who was raped.
Lawyers for Dr. Caitlin Bernard of Indianapolis voluntarily dropped the lawsuit filed last month against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita.
The lawsuit argued Rokita’s office was wrongly justifying the investigation with “frivolous” consumer complaints submitted by people with no personal knowledge about the girl’s treatment.
Marion County Judge Heather Welch has ruled that Rokita could continue investigating Bernard but she also said Rokita wrongly made public comments about investigating Bernard before he filed a complaint about her with the State Medical Licensing Board.
Story by WRBI reporter Bill Remeika.
