Indiana Legal professional Common Todd Rokita introduced earlier in July his workplace was investigating whether or not Bernard doubtlessly violated reporting and privateness legal guidelines within the case. Rokita reiterated Wednesday that investigation continues regardless of a stop and desist letter from her legal professional, who has stated Bernard adopted “all related insurance policies, procedures, and rules.”

The legal professional additional alleged the complaints contained no first-hand data and have been “riddled with inaccuracies.”

In response to CNN’s request for remark, Rokita’s workplace stated they “do not talk about particulars of investigations.”

“The Legal professional Common’s workplace investigates a wide range of shopper complaints throughout the Shopper Safety Division, which is a big division throughout the workplace,” Kelly Stevenson, press secretary for the legal professional basic, stated in an electronic mail. “We do not talk about the small print of investigations.”

DeLaney despatched a stop and desist letter to the legal professional basic on July 15 asking him to cease “making false and deceptive statements about alleged misconduct by Dr. Bernard in her occupation, which represent defamation per se.” Final week, Bernard’s attorneys filed a tort declare discover towards Rokita and his workplace within the first steps towards a attainable defamation lawsuit for public feedback he has made about Bernard.

Rokita on Wednesday known as Bernard’s defamation declare towards him “baseless.” “The baseless defamation declare and different accusations are actually simply makes an attempt to distract, intimidate and hinder my workplace’s monumental progress to avoid wasting lives,” he advised CNN in a press release.

In Thursday’s launch, DeLaney stated the legal professional basic “continues to make use of his workplace to try to intimidate Dr. Caitlin Bernard. We urge Mr. Rokita to cease losing taxpayer cash and our time on his nonsensical marketing campaign towards Dr. Bernard for doing her job as a doctor correctly and in accordance with the legislation.”

Underneath Indiana legislation, an abortion carried out on an individual youthful than 16 years of age have to be reported to the state’s Division of Well being and likewise to the Division of Youngster Providers inside three days of the process.

Bernard reported the abortion process to the Indiana Division of Well being on July 2 — two days after it was carried out — as required by the division, in line with company paperwork obtained by CNN. CNN has reached out to the Indiana Division of Youngster Providers to inquire if Bernard additionally filed the report with its workplace.

Bernard’s employer, Indiana College Well being, carried out a overview on this case with Bernard’s “full cooperation” and decided she was “in compliance with privateness legal guidelines,” it stated in a press release earlier this month.