An Indiana judge has rejected a doctor’s request to limit an investigation into her carrying out an abortion for a 10-year-old while also finding that the state’s attorney general violated the law.
Both developments were part of a Dec. 2 ruling that came after Dr. Caitlin Bernard, who performed the abortion, sued Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, a Republican, for allegedly not following state rules on conducting investigations into doctors.
Bernard asked the Marion County Superior Court to stop Rokita from investigating “invalid consumer complaints” against her and her co-plaintiff, Dr. Amy Caldwell. But in the new order, Marion County Judge Heather Welch rejected the request….