Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller's office has filed administrative licensing complaints with the Indiana Medical Licensing Board against four abortion doctors for submitting incomplete reports on abortions performed in their clinics.
The charges allege that the four doctors have consistently failed to keep accurate records for the age of the patient seeking an abortion, the name and the age of the father and whether or not the baby was born alive.
According to the report from the Indiana Attorney General's office, the most serious violator of the record-keeping regulations was Dr. Ulrich Klopfer.
"Dr. Klopfer is accused of consistently submitting incomplete, inaccurate and late documentation of the abortion procedures he performs. His alleged violations total 1,833, and are based on complaints brought to the AG's Office by the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency," the Attorney General's office report said.
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"Additionally, Klopfer faces criminal misdemeanor charges in Lake and St. Joseph counties for similar alleged violations involving abortions performed on 13-year-old patients."
Operation Rescue President Troy Newman told WND he's been tracking the issue for years.
"It seems to me as if someone in there is reading the pro-life movement's legal briefs and finally decided to take action," he said.
Operation Rescue said in a statement that Indiana Right to Life obtained copies of doctor reports and found, in some cases, the underreporting put the young woman at risk.
"Indiana Right to Life obtained copies of Termination of Pregnancy reports that must be filed with the state's Department of Health and discovered that not only were abortionists omitting important information from the forms, but they were also not reporting suspected child sexual abuse on underage girls as young as 13," the statement said.
"This meant that these girls faced the very real possibility that they were being given abortions then handed back to their rapist for further abuse."
Charges have been filed against three other Marion County, Indiana, doctors: Dr. Kathleen Glover, Dr. Raymond Robinson and Dr. Resad Pasic.
In total, there are 1,833 alleged violations which include:
- 1,818 counts of submitting incomplete and incorrect terminated pregnancy reports in violation of Indiana Code 16-34-2-5(b).
- Two counts of failure to timely submit a terminated pregnancy report for 13-year-old patients within three days of the abortion procedure, a violation of Indiana Code 16-34-2-5(b).
- Six counts of failure to ensure informed and voluntary consent was obtained through properly credentialed counselors, a violation of Indiana Code 16-34-2-1.1.
- Seven counts of failure to ensure informed and voluntary consent was obtained 18 hours prior to performing procedures, a violation of Indiana Code 16-34-2-1.1(a)(1).
Planned Parenthood did not respond to WND's request for comment.
Newman said he also gives credit for the victory to Wayne, Indiana, pro-life activist Cathie Humbarger.
He hopes other states will follow Indiana's lead, but he doubts it will happen.
"Most states have very liberal bureaucrats running these sorts of policies," he said. "So it's tough. But we are making headway. Look at what is happening in Ohio, for instance."
Newman said, "I sure hope other states wake up and see that the abortion cartel is pure evil and needs to have a lot of oversight – at the very least."
Not everyone believes the Indiana attorney general acted properly. Daily Beast writer Emily Shire has called some of the reporting requirements "onerous."
"While some of the information requested is pertinent, such as the type of termination procedure and date of procedure," she wrote, "other categories seem more onerous: name of the father, age of the father, number of previous abortions and/or miscarriages a woman may have had, and dates of said abortions."
She added: "Additional information required seems bluntly biased, such as post-fertilization age of fetus and 'information as to whether the fetus was delivered alive.'"
The case now goes to the Indiana Medical Licensing Board, which has the legal discretion to reprimand, to suspend or to revoke the medical licenses of the four doctors.