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      Disciplinary Hearing for Indiana Abortion Doctor Denounced as 'State-Sponsored Harassment'

      "Attacks on reproductive freedom look like doctors being attacked and harassed for doing their job and providing essential abortion care," said one advocacy group.

      Julia Conley
      May 25, 2023

      Update (10:00 am ET, May 26):

      The Indiana state medical licensing board voted to fine Dr. Caitlin Bernard $3,000 for speaking publicly about the abortion she provided to a 10-year-old patient in July 2022, and to serve her an official letter of reprimand. Board members rejected one count that she failed to follow patient privacy laws and another count that would have found her unfit to practice medicine in Indiana.

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