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Indiana Doctor Reprimanded for Telling the Truth About a 10-Year-Old Rape Victim

The silence is the point.

Jill Filipovic
May 26, 2023
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a young girl holding a sign that says don't tell me what to do
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Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the Indiana OB/GYN who, in an interview with a reporter, mentioned a ten-year-old rape victim she had helped to end a pregnancy, just emerged from an inquest by her state’s medical board being told: Shut up about abortion.

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