The Indianapolis gynecologist who sparked a media firestorm after she said she performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim has been threatened in the past by pro-life activists, according to a report.
Dr Caitlin Barnard, 37, was also named on an anti-abortion website linked to Amy Coney Barrett before she became a High Court judge, The Guardian said.
Bernard chose to stop working at a South Bend clinic after learning of a threat to kidnap her daughter, she said last year while testifying in a case over Indiana’s abortion restrictions, The Guardian reported Friday.
Bernard was also among the list of six abortion providers named on the website of an anti-abortion group called Right to Life Michiana.
Bernard was making the 2.5-hour trek to South Bend once a month for first-trimester abortions when she learned of the threat against her child, she testified.
Bernard became the center of controversy this month when the Indianapolis Star reported her account of how she received a call from a “child abuse doctor” in Ohio three days after the Supreme Court issued its ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
Indiana AG Todd Rokita announced he would investigate Bernard’s actions. Photo by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Gerson Fuentes was arrested and charged with raping the girl in Ohio. Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
The Ohio doctor told her about a 10-year-old girl who was six weeks and three days pregnant and had to have an abortion. The girl had a medical abortion on June 30.
Indiana’s Republican attorney general, Todd Rokita, said he would investigate Bernard’s actions but did not suggest there was any specific wrongdoing.
27-year-old Gerson Fuentes was charged in Columbus, Ohio, with raping the girl.
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