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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank goodness Republicans are going after the REAL criminal here - the Indiana doctor who shared the child's story

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Wait abortion records are public documents in Indiana????? So anyone who terminated would be public knowledge?[/quote]

WTAF?

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This is not surprising or anything to freak out about. The vast majority of states collect and report abortion data and have for decades. Only a handful don’t. As things are currently doesn’t mean that the individual who terminated is identified (I wouldn’t be surprised if that changes in the coming years, of course, the way things are going.) What is typically reported is the facility, patient demographics like age and marital status, gestational age, and the procedure used. This is where we get abortion statistics from. [/quote]

He is trying to pull identifying data from the reports. 
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I’m not saying what he’s doing is right, but a PP said “so anyone who terminated would be public knowledge?” And no, that is not true. He’s saying no abortion on a 10 year old patient was reported. Demographic info like age is required to report just like it is in all but a handful of states. So either it never happened, or the doctor failed to report it. [/quote]

Actually, what he said is that so far no records of a report have been produced.  His letter also acknowledges that the new system is slower to review, and never says the records have been reviewed exhaustively. The agency had only acknowledged the request the day before Rokita sent his letter, and he didn’t want to wait for confirmation before sending the letter because if it turned out the doctor had reported it, he wouldn’t be able to make public threats against the doctor. [/quote]

Also, with respect to the reporting requirements for suspected child abuse, if the doctor performed the abortion as a staff member of the hospital, the report would not necessarily be in her name because the reporting process for hospitals is different.  In addition, Indiana Code 31-33-5-3 provides that an individual is relieved of their obligation to report if, to the best of their knowledge, a report has already been made.  The girl’s mother had already reported to the abuse in Ohio before going to Indiana for the abortion.  If the Indiana doctor was aware of this, she would not have been under an obligation to report the suspected abuse to Indiana.

Without the child abuse element, she would not have to submit a TPR report for this abortion until January 30 of next year.[/quote]

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