Wed Aug 16, 2023 – 7:53 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) – The State of Indiana appears to have barred an annual award for exceptional female community members from being given to an abortionist accused of breaking patient privacy and abuse reporting laws in promoting the story of a raped child taken across state lines for an abortion.
Indiana’s annual Torchbearer Award is meant to “identify and recognize contributions made by Indiana women to their community, state, and nation” in a “variety of fields ranging from Science and Law to Labor Advocacy and Education,” according to the Indiana Commission for Women.
Last July, Indiana abortionist Dr. Caitlin Bernard spoke with The Indianapolis Star about a phone call from a colleague in Ohio just days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, where Ohio’s six-week abortion ban taking effect had allegedly denied an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim. Bernard received the girl to perform the abortion in Indiana.
Abortion allies quickly spread the story to promote fear about the alleged effects of letting states set their own abortion laws, while pro-lifers and others questioned the story for its lack of corroborating detail. But later that month,
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