>> Jesse: IT’S BEEN OVER TWO
WEEKS SINCE THE SUPREME COURT
OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE.
AND THERE HAS BEEN VIOLENCE,
PROTESTS, POLITICAL DRAMA.
BUT THERE HAS BEEN ONE
PARTICULAR STORY THAT CAUGHT THE
NATION’S ATTENTION.
IT APPEARED IN THE INDIANAPOLIS
STAR NEWSPAPER BACK ON
JULY 1st.
A HORRIFYING ORDEAL INVOLVING A
10-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
DR. KAITLIN BERNARD.
AN INDIANAPOLIS OBSTETRICIAN
GYNECOLOGIST TOOK A CALL FROM A
COLLEAGUE.
A CHILD ABUSE DOCTOR IN OHIO.
HOURS AFTER THE SUPREME COURT
ACTION THE BUCKEYE STATE HAD
OUTLAWED ANY ABORTION AFTER SIX
WEEKS.
NOW, THIS DOCTOR HAD A
10-YEAR-OLD PATIENT IN THE
OFFICE WHO WAS SIX WEEKS AND
THREE DAYS PREGNANT.
COULD BERNARD HELP?
THIS IS A HEINOUS STORY.
10-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS RAPED AND
IS PREGNANT WITH THE RAPIST’S
BABY?
THERE IS NOTHING MORE DESPICABLE
THAN THAT.
AND SHE WAS NOW UNABLE TO END
HER PREGNANCY IN THE STATE OF
OHIO, SO ACCORDING TO THE
REPORT, THAT’S WHERE DR. KAITLIN
BERNARD STEPS IN.
SINCE INDIANA HAD YET TO CHANGE
THEIR ABORTION LAWS, THE GIRL
COULD STILL END HER PREGNANCY IF
SHE CROSSED STATE LINES.
HER DOCTOR GOT IN CONTACT WITH
BERNARD AND THE 10-YEAR-OLD WAS
APPARENTLY DRIVEN ACROSS STATE
LINES AND HER PREGNANCY WAS
ENDED BY BERNARD IN INDIANA.
THE STORY QUICKLY TOOK HOLD ALL
ACROSS THE GLOBE.
HEADLINES, HOME AND ABROAD
HIGHLIGHTED THE TRAGIC SITUATION
OCCURRING AND IT WASN’T LONG
BEFORE IT BECAME THE FOCUS OF
CABLE NEWS.
>> IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE
ANYTHING MORE CRUEL, MORE
DISTURBING THAN FORCING A CHILD,
A 10-YEAR-OLD STILL PLAYING WITH
FIDGET TOYS AND TABLETS TO CARRY
HER FATHER OR HER BROTHER’S
CHILD TO TERM.
OR FORCING HER TO TRAVEL ACROSS
STATE LINES FOR AN ABORTION.
AND, YET, HERE WE ARE.
>> OHIO, AS OUTLINED ABORTION
AFTER SIX WEEKS.
SO THE CHILD WILL NOW HAVE TO
TRAVEL TO INDIANA TO GET THE
PROCEDURE.
AND IN THIS CASE IS PUTTING A
SPOTLIGHT ON AMERICA POST ROE V.
WADE.
>> A 10-YEAR-OLD RAPE VICTIM.
THAT IS A CHILD.
>> Jesse: ONCE THE MEDIA RAN
WITH IT BECAME A CENTRAL PARK OF
THE WEST WING’S TALKING POINT.
>> THIS ISN’T SOME IMAGINED
HORROR.
IT’S ALREADY HAPPENING.
JUST LAST WEEK IT WAS REPORTED
THAT A 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL WAS A
RAPE VICTIM, 10 YEARS OLD.
AND SHE WAS FORCED TO HAVE TO
TRAVEL OUT OF THE STATE TO
INDIANA TO SEEK TO TERMINATE THE
PRESIDENCY AND MAYBE SAVE HER
LIFE.
IMAGINE BEING THAT LITTLE GIRL.
I’M SERIOUS JUST IMAGINE BEING
THAT LITTLE GIRL.
10 YEARS OLD.
>> WE HAVE HEARD RECENT EXAMPLES
OF WHAT THIS MEANS FOR A GIRL AS
YOUNG AS 10 YEARS OLD WHO
ENDURED AN ACT OF VIOLENCE.
BACK TO THE POINT OF THE
10-YEAR-OLD GIRL THAT WE HAVE
BEEN HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT, WE
HAVE, I BELIEVE, 12 STATES IN
OUR COUNTRY THAT RIGHT NOW WILL
NOT EVEN ALLOW AN EXCEPTION IN
THEIR MANNER OF BOOK, WILL NOT
ALLOW EXCEPTION FOR RAPE.
>> THE MEDIA SHOVED THIS STORY
IN THE FACES OF PRO-LIFE
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS.
>> THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR IS
REPORTING THAT A 10-YEAR-OLD
GIRL IN OHIO WHO WAS SIX WEEKS
AND THREE DAYS PREGNANT NOW HAS
TO TRAVEL ACROSS STATE LINES TO
INDIANA TO RECEIVE AN ABORTION.
>> WILL THE STATE OF SOUTH
DAKOTA GOING FORWARD FORCE A
10-YEAR-OLD IN THAT VERY SAME
SITUATION TO HAVE A BABY?
>> WHAT’S INCREDIBLE THAT NOBODY
IS TALKING ABOUT THE PERVERT,
HORRIBLE AND DERANGED INDIVIDUAL
THAT RAPED A 10-YEAR-OLD.
>> SHOULD SHE HAVE.
>> A CHILD SHOULD SHE HAVE TO
HAVE -- EVERY SINGLE LIFE IS
PRECIOUS.
>> YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT A
10-YEAR-OLD GIRL HAVING TO HAVE
A BABY.
>> NO.
I’M NEVER OKAY WITH THAT IN
FACT, THAT STORY WILL KEEP ME UP
AT NIGHT.
IT ABSOLUTELY WILL.
>> Jesse: OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A
HEART BREAKING STORY.
AND GOVERNOR NOEM TOUCHES ON A
PRETTY GOOD POINT.
WHY ISN’T ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT
BRINGING THE CHILD RAPIST TO
JUSTICE?
SO "PRIMETIME" DECIDED TO
INVESTIGATE THIS ALLEGED CHILD
RAPE.
BUT WE QUICKLY FOUND OUT THAT
AUTHORITIES IN OHIO HAVEN’T EVEN
BEGUN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
INTO THE RAPE.
THIS DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE.
NO ONE REPORTED THIS CHILD RAPE
TO LAW ENFORCEMENT?
"THE WASHINGTON POST" AGREED
WITH US AND IS DIGGING INTO
THIS, TOO.
QUOTE, UNDER OHIO LAW A
PHYSICIAN, AS MANDATED UNDER
HOICTION 2151.421 WOULD BE
REQUIRED TO REPORT ANY CASE OF
KNOWN OR SUSPECTED PHYSICAL,
SEXUAL OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE OR
NEGLECT OF A CHILD TO THEIR
LOCAL CHILD WELFARE OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
BUT WE HAVEN’T FOUND ANY
EVIDENCE THAT THIS CHILD RAPE
WAS REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
OR ANY CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.
AND NEITHER HAS "THE WASHINGTON
POST."
AND "PRIMETIME" CALLED OHIO
GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE’S OFFICE
AND THEY COULDN’T FIND ANY
EVIDENCE OF INVESTIGATION OR
CHARGES BEING FILED ANYWHERE IN
THEIR STATE.
SO WE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE AND
THEY, TOO, HAVE YET TO FIND ANY
RECORD ON THE MATTER.
AND WE’LL TALK TO THE A.G. ABOUT
THIS SHORTLY.
THEN WE CALLED ALL OF THE
ABORTION CLINICS IN OHIO TO SEE
IF THEY FILED A POLICE REPORT
ABOUT A 10-YEAR-OLD BEING RAPED.
NONE OF THE ABORTION PROVIDERS
IN OHIO COULD PROVIDE ANY USEFUL
INFORMATION.
YOU WOULD THINK THE STORY OF A
SEXUAL ABUSER ROAMING FREE
ASSAULTING 10-YEAR-OLDS WOULD
RAISE QUITE A FEW CONCERNS IN
SMALL TOWN OHIO BUT NO ONE SEEMS
TO BE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
NO ONE EVEN KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT
IT.
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS AREN’T EVEN
ALERTING THE PUBLIC THERE IS A
MONSTER ON THE LOOSE.
AND FROM WHAT WE CAN FIND, NO
LOCAL NEWSPAPER OR TV STATION
PICKED UP THE STORY.
THE ONLY SOURCE FOR THIS ENTIRE
STORY IS DR. KAITLIN BERNARD.
THE ABORTION DOCTOR IN INDIANA.
BERNARD RAN QUICKLY TO THE
CAMERAS LAST WEEK.
>> YOU HAVE A 10-YEAR-OLD RAPE
VICTIM WHO CANNOT GET THESE
SERVICES ANYMORE IN OHIO.
WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE ON YOUR
END OF THAT PHONE CALL?
>> IT’S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
THIS CARE FOR EVERYONE.
FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WE
GET A CALL ABOUT FROM ANY STATE,
HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO PUSH IT
AND HOW CLOSE WE ARE GOING TO
GET TO THE BRINK OF DEATH FOR
PATIENTS NEEDING ABORTION CARE.
>> AND HOW PRACTICAL IS A 6 WEEK
WINDOW FOR PEOPLE?
>> THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN
EXPECT ANYONE, MUCH LESS A YOUNG
PERSON TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY
AND GET TO CARE BY SIX WEEKS.
>> Jesse: THIS IS NOTHING NEW
FOR BERNARD.
SHE HAS BEEN A PRESS DARLING.
NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM A STORY ON
ABORTION.
OR QUOTES ON THE SUBJECT
APPEARING IN THE "NEW YORK
TIMES," PBS, POLITICO OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
BUT SUDDENLY DR. BERNARD DOESN’T
WANT TO TALK TO THE PRESS.
COMMENT TOLD US, QUOTE: I HAVE
NO INFORMATION TO SHARE ABOUT
THIS.
AND THIS ISN’T A PARTISAN THING?
"THE WASHINGTON POST" ALSO
REACHED OUT TO HER FOR COMMENT.
AND SHE SAID THE EXACT SAME
THING.
SHE HAS NOTHING MORE TO SHARE.
NOW, INDIANA LAW ALSO REQUIRES
SOMEONE LIKE DR. BERNARD TO
REPORT CHILD RAPE TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT BUT WE CAN’T FIND
ANY EVIDENCE THAT SHE DID THAT
THERE.
IN FACT, BERNARD HAS A HISTORY
OF NOT REPORTING ABUSE CAVES TO
THE POLICE, WHICH WE’LL DISCUSS
LATER.
SO WE’RE HAVING NO LUCK
CONFIRMING THIS STORY.
SO HOW DID THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR
CONFIRM THE STORY?
WELL, "THE WASHINGTON POST" SAYS
THE REPORTING LOOKS VERY
SUSPECT, QUOTE: THERE IS NO
INDICATION THAT THE NEWSPAPER
MADE OTHER ATTEMPTS TO CONFIRM
HER ACCOUNT.
THE STORIES LEAD REPORTER CHARRY
DID NOT RESPOND TO A QUERY
ASKING WHETHER ADDITIONAL
SOURCING WAS OBTAINED.
SO THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR
RELEASED ONE OF THE MOST VIRAL
STORIES OF THE SUMMER, A STORY
THAT’S BEEN SEIZED ON BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND NOW THEY ARE RUNNING AND
HIDING.
WHEN "PRIMETIME" PRESSED THE
STAR AND THEIR EXECUTIVE EDITOR
BRO KRIFT.
THEY BASICALLY SAID THIS THEY
TOLD US, QUOTE: THE FACTS AND
SOURCING ABOUT PEOPLE CROSSING
STATE LINES INTO INDIANA,
INCLUDING THE 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL
FOR ABORTIONS ARE CLEAR.
WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENT AT
THIS TIME.
THE FACTS AND SOURCING AREN’T
CLEAR AT ALL, WHICH IS ODD.
BECAUSE THE STAR’S PUBLISHER HAS
A CODE OF ETHICS WHICH STATES
THIS: WE’LL EXPLAIN TO
AUDIENCES OUR JOURNALISTIC
PROCESSES TO PROMOTE
TRANSPARENCY AND ENGAGEMENT.
WE WILL USE CONTROVERSIAL
SOURCES AT SOLE BASIS ONLY AS A
LAST RESORT AND PROCEDURES THAT
BEST SERVE THE PUBLIC’S RIGHT TO
KNOW.
THE NEWSPAPER RUN BY BRO IS
VIOLATING THEIR OWN COY OF
ETHICS BY HIDING UNDER THEIR
GUEST AND CLAMMING UP.
THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR HAS
ACTUALLY BEEN ACCUSED OF
INACCURATE REPORTING BEFORE.
JUST LAST MONTH CAUGHT FALSELY
REPORTED THE TWO CEOS HAD SIGNED
A LETTER SUPPORTING ABORTION
RIGHTS.
WHEN THE TWO EXECUTIVES DID NOT.
AND THEY HAD TO ISSUE A
CORRECTION.
OUR BUDDY BRO ACTUALLY ISHZ A
CORRECTION FOR REPORTING THAT
HAPPENED OVER.
THE NEWSPAPER, THEIR EDITOR AND
THEIR REPORTER HAVE ALL GONE
DARK.
IS THAT THE KIND OF BEHAVIOR OF
PEOPLE WHO STAND BY THEIR
REPORTING?
AND WHAT ABOUT THE ABORTION
DOCTOR, KAITLIN BERNARD AND WHAT
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE IS
NOT A SINGLE POLICE REPORT ARE
YOU TELLING ME NO ONE IS TRYING
TO ARREST A IN OHIO.
I KNOW OHIO.
THEY DON’T TOLERATE THAT THERE.
WHERE DO WE STAND?
IF THERE IS A 10-YEAR-OLD CHILD
ABUSER OUT THERE ON THE STREETS
OF OHIO.
HE NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO
JUSTICE.
COVERING UP CHILD RAPE, THEY
NEED TO BE PROSECUTED.
BUT IF THIS HORRIFIC STORY ISN’T
ACCURATE, AND THE ABORTION
DOCTOR AND THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR
ARE MISLEADING US, AND THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA AND THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
SEIZING ON ANOTHER HOAX, THEN
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL.
AND FATES PRETTY DANGEROUS