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“In addition to any other duty to report arising under this article, an individual who has reason to believe that a child is a victim of child abuse or neglect shall make a report as required by this article.” I.C. 31-33-5-1. “This chapter does not relieve an individual of the obligation to report on the individual’s own behalf, unless a report has already been made to the best of the individual’s belief.” I.C. 31-33-5-3.
A person who has a duty under this chapter to report that a child may be a victim of child abuse or neglect shall immediately make an oral or written report to:
(1) the department [of Child Services]; or
(2) the local law enforcement agency.
I.C. 31-33-5-4.
So, Dr. Bernard has a non-delegable, personal duty to report the child abuse immediately to DCS or local law enforcement immediately upon learning that the child was pregnant (because it was, by definition, rape). Dr. Bernard cannot “delegate” that duty to staffers. Dr. Bernard’s testimony proves she broke the law, plain and simple. Contrary to Dr. Bernard’s self-serving testimony, this is evidence of a crime being committed, because it is a crime not to report the abuse immediately.
[At best, Dr. Bernard is misunderstanding I.C. 31-33-5-2.5, which requires another report to the head of the facility or THEIR designated staff person; however, that is a separate reporting obligation, independent of her personal duty to immediately report to DCS or law enforcement. And, each of these reports is separate and independent from the duty to timely file the TPR.]
She met the reporting requirements, and by the way, that’s not what Rokita is now after. Let’s quote the article:
“ public records show Bernard met Indiana’s required three-day reporting period for an abortion performed on a girl younger than 16.”
“Nieman-Szyper said Bernard wouldn’t be under investigation if she had not disclosed the girl’s rape to a reporter to advance her own advocacy of abortion rights. “
This doctor is under investigation for making Todd Rokita look like a schmuck, making an abortion doctor look like a sympathetic figure, and him yet again wasting taxpayer dollars shooting his mouth off without the facts trying to make himself into a gubernatorial candidate. He’s found the person, now he’s looking for a crime, and he’s going to keep spending my and your money until he finds one … because he’s too small of a man to admit he was wrong.
I’ll also point out the irony that Rokita went public without even bothering to do any of his own fact checking first. So it’s OK for him to spread misinformation because he’s against abortion to further his political career, but it’s not OK for the doctor to disclose that she had to give an abortion to a raped 10 year old.
And if that’s all OK because abusing government power like this is OK because it’s against an abortion doctor, well, we are going to have to disagree.