The chilling effect
This is even more terrifying – by a professor of pediatrics at Indiana University:
Earlier this week I was preparing to write a guest essay with my colleague Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an OB-GYN here in Indiana. We wanted to write about the chilling effect that the overturning of Roe v. Wade has had on medicine in our state and around the country in just a few short weeks. But then Dr. Bernard became a target of a national smear campaign for speaking out about her 10-year-old patient, a rape victim from Ohio who needed an abortion and had to travel to Indiana to receive one, given the restrictions in her home state.
On Wednesday night, our state’s attorney general said his office would be investigating Dr. Bernard. So I’m writing this essay myself — not only to bring attention to the chilling effect on medicine we’re seeing at this moment but also because I’m terrified that I or any one of our colleagues could soon face what Dr. Bernard is going through after delivering care to our patients.
Investigating Dr. Bernard for saving a ten-year-old girl’s life. This is hell, nor are we out of it.
On Wednesday, a suspect in the Ohio rape case was arraigned after reportedly confessing. But the attacks against Dr. Bernard have continued. Indiana’s attorney general said on Fox News on Wednesday evening that his office is investigating her, despite the fact that the abortion the 10-year-old patient received was legal in the state.
Indiana’s attorney general should be impeached and then prosecuted.
Yes. If this guy has overstepped his authority then he is a menace to society. The very embodiment of the threatening state that his pea-brain seems to be constantly fixated upon.
When these imbeciles step out of line they should be slapped back the same way (and as hard) as they do to decent people.
Your link is broken.
The end of that opinion piece pulls no punches:
It was a link to the profile of Indiana’s AG.
https://secure.in.gov/attorneygeneral/about-the-office/about-the-attorney-general/
(In case I screw up the html code again.)
He’s a piece of work:
“Todd will always fight to protect Hoosiers from crime, fight lawlessness in our streets, uphold the rule of law, support our men and women in law enforcement, and protect our constitutional rights. Todd will protect Hoosiers’ individual liberties and has demonstrated that commitment with his release of the Parents’ Bill of Rights, his relentless defense of the unborn, his fight against the federal government’s overreach, and fearless pursuit of Big Tech.
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Todd holds a consistent and proven record of supporting job creators and small businesses as a multiple-year recipient of NFIB’s Guardian of Small Business Award. Todd also has a 100% record from the National Right to Life, because being pro-life is in line with our nation’s founding documents allowing all Americans the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Todd has also earned the strongest scores for defending our 2nd Amendment Constitutional freedoms and religious liberty.”