Harris thanked Bernard for her leadership and said it's giving others a 'sense of strength,' a White House official told CBS News.
after a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio received a medicinal-induced abortion in Indiana earlier this month.
Bernard is the doctor who provided the abortion to the 10-year-old on June 30, according to Indiana records, though she cannot confirm that due to privacy laws. "She really just thanked me. She thanked me for speaking out, for bringing this issue up," Bernard"CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell on Tuesday.
Bernard gave an interview earlier this month to the Indianapolis Star and mentioned the 10-year-old rape victim. After Mr. Biden's remarks, prominent Republicans accused her of fabricating the story, including Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, who accused her being an"abortion activist acting as a doctor.
Rokita said he would investigate whether Bernard violated child abuse notification, abortion reporting laws or federal medical privacy laws for speaking to the newspaper about the case. Indiana law requires doctors to report abortions performed on girls younger than 16 within three days of the procedure. Bernard submitted her report about the girl's abortion on July 2, according to records obtained by CBS News.
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