An Indianapolis doctor who publicly revealed she provided abortion services to a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim last year has been reprimanded and fined by Indiana’s medical licensing board after it determined the disclosure violated federal and state patient privacy laws.

An Indiana doctor has been fined $3,000 for speaking out after she performed an abortion on a 10-year-old Ohio girl who had been raped and was unable to obtain the procedure in her own state after the repealing of Roe v. Wade.

Dr. Caitlin Bernard was called before Indiana's Medical Licensing Board after the state's Republican attorney general filed a complaint.

According to report,  A majority of board members found that she had violated privacy laws by speaking about the case, and voted to fine her $3,000 in addition to the reprimand.

Abortion is legal in Indiana, up until 21 weeks and six days. An Indiana law that completely banned abortion in Indiana was enacted on September 15 but is being challenged in the courts and it is currently not in effect. 

On Thursday, Bernard broke down in tears as she was told that she would not lose her medical license. 

The board, however, rejected accusations from Indiana's Republican attorney general that Bernard violated state law by not reporting the child abuse to Indiana authorities. 

Board members chose to fine Bernard $3,000 for the violations, turning down a request from the attorney general's office to suspend Bernard's license.

Bernard has consistently defended her actions, and she told the board on Thursday that she followed Indiana's reporting requirements and hospital policy by notifying hospital social workers about the child abuse - and that the girl's rape was already being investigated by Ohio authorities. 

Her lawyers also said she did not release any identifying information about the girl that would break privacy laws.

The Indianapolis Star cited the girl's case in a July 1 article that sparked a national political uproar in the weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer.

Board President Dr. John Strobel said he believed Bernard went too far in telling a reporter about the girl's pending abortion and that physicians need to be careful about observing patient privacy. 

'I don't think she expected this to go viral,' Strobel said of Bernard. 

'I don't think she expected this attention to be brought to this patient. It did. It happened.'

Bernard's lawyer, Alice Morical, told the board the doctor reported child abuse of patients many times a year and that a hospital social worker had confirmed with Ohio child protection staffers that it was safe for the girl to leave with her mother.