Even before she was vilified by conservatives after speaking out about aborting a 10-year-old rape victim, Indiana doctor Caitlin Bernard faced threats. In sworn testimony in a case about abortion restrictions last year, she revealed that she stopped traveling to South Bend to perform first-trimester abortions when her daughter faced a kidnapping threat. Although not officially linked to the kidnapping threat, The Guardian reported that Bernard was also listed on the website of an anti-abortion group. Right to Life Michiana reportedly listed Bernard as one of six local abortion doctors on its webpage under “local abortion threat.” “I was concerned that there might be people who would be able to identify me on this trip,” Bernard was quoted as saying. “It’s a very small clinic with no privacy for people driving in and out, and people can directly see me,” Bernard said. The executive director of Right to Life Michiana said the information about the doctors is publicly available and does not condone violence against anyone.
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