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Todd Rokita is a loser. His personal ideologies are guiding his fishing expeditions using taxpayer money all the while. He provides nothing to our state but a heaping amount of shame. Protecting/emboldening child rapists should not be a both-sides issue, but IN Republicans have made it clear what side they are on. Abortion services are healthcare. IN women deserve better and we all know it.
Rokita for Fuhrer!
Agree with you completely Nate
Dr. Bernard was the one protecting and emboldening a child rapist.
No fan of Rokita and he definitely needs to let it go. And yes, the abortion in this case is completely justified.
But Dr. Bernard fully deserved the censure and fine for her ethical violation, as do the doctors in Ohio who collaborated with her. Their first priority should have been to identify the rapist monster and get him away from the poor little girl. But it wasn’t.
Good job Todd Rokita!
Vote, vote, vote…….the loser out. Rokita is an embarrassment. Michael G, funny / great comment. Not easy to laugh about anything related to our loser attorney general.
We can count on Todd Rokita to continue to wisely spend tax dollars on his campaign to further attack these evil Doctors who… care for abused children? Yikes.
“care for abused children”–hmmmm. Someone who clearly is getting the propaganda narrative which leaves key details out.
Dr. Bernard only cared for the abused girl because the child became a cause celebre in her fight to make a case for abortion in states that were going staunchly anti-abortion like Ohio (and eventually Indiana).
She made the act of shuttling the girl across state lines for the abortion a greater priority than the act of reporting the crime that got her pregnant: namely, the little girl was raped repeatedly (there’s no legal form of sex with a child that age). Not only did Dr. Bernard allow the girl to continue living with her rapist even after she knew the girl was pregnant, but the man shouldn’t even be in the country; he was an illegal immigrant. Even worse, the entire activity between man and the little girl took place with the mother’s cognizance. Most likely the child should become a ward of the state.
Dr. Bernard allowed her personal politics take take precedence over reporting statutory rape. She reported it eventually, but she did not report the crime first. This misprioritization is an ethical lapse for which she is paying a very minor fine and receiving a censure. That’s good enough. Though Rokita has made a point of further dragging her name through the mud in Indiana, she has already fled to Illinois where she should find lots of political support. I don’t feel she should lose her license for this, but, when it comes to “care for abused children”, she certainly didn’t prioritize abuse.
Not sure what is to be gained here. The family has not, to my knowldedge, made any complaint about the doctor’s conduct. The Medical Licensing Panel worked very hard to not really punish the doctor, while at the same time allowing Rokita to keep his law license. His license was likely up for review if he’d lost at the panel, as several heavyweight Republicans had filed complaints or threatened complaints with the Disciplinary Commission. In giving him a partial, albeit inconsequential win, the complaints were moot. I suspect this latest salvo will result in IU seeking, by way of counterclaim, attorney fees and expenses if IU prevails. And, if Rokita loses (it would be Rokita, not the State of Indiana, losing) I think the disciplinary complaints will resurface. Go big, or you’re going home, Todd…
Just drop it, Todd. Loser.