A lawyer for the Indiana obstetrician who has drawn national attention for providing abortion care to a 10-year-old rape victim said on Thursday that the doctor had taken “every appropriate and proper action” in the case — including filing necessary forms to report the abortion with state authorities, contrary to the assertions of Indiana’s attorney general.

The case of the rape victim, who crossed state lines from Ohio to get an abortion in Indianapolis, has become a hot-button issue in the nation’s roiling abortion debate. Many on the right — including the Ohio attorney general — initially doubted the veracity of the story when it was shared by Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the Indiana obstetrician. The story was confirmed after the arrest of the man accused of raping the girl. Yet Dr. Bernard remained under scrutiny.

The Indiana attorney general, Todd Rokita, told Fox News on Wednesday that he intended to investigate Dr. Bernard, and suggested she failed to file required reports.

said in an interview, in which he assailed Dr. Bernard, who practices in Indianapolis, as an “abortion activist acting as a doctor, with a history of failing to report.”

a two-pill combination that can be taken at home or in any location and is authorized for use in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy — to a 10-year-old patient on June 30. The report was dated July 2, which puts it within Indiana’s three-day reporting requirement.

Dr. Bernard’s lawyer, Kathleen DeLaney, said in the statement issued Thursday that she is “considering legal action against” Mr. Rokita and others, adding that “the facts will all come out in due time.”

A spokesman for Mr. Rokita said on Thursday night that his office was continuing to gather evidence, and that “our legal review of it remains open.”

The Ohio girl’s story, which first appeared in The Indianapolis Star, cast a sharp spotlight on the difficulties the most vulnerable have obtaining abortion services in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion enshrined in Roe v. Wade.

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Abortion opponents and some right-leaning outlets cast doubt on whether the story was even true. A Wall Street Journal editorial with the headline “An Abortion Story Too Good to Confirm” asserted that the president had put his “seal of approval on an unlikely story from a biased source.”

But the speculation ended on Wednesday when it was revealed that a 27-year-old Ohio man had been arrested and charged with the rape. (The Journal later published an editor’s note atop its editorial.)

The form filed by Dr. Bernard lists the approximate age of the father as 17. Doctors often make their best guess when the pregnancy is the result of abuse, and little may be known about the perpetrator.

The case has also exposed the vulnerabilities of medical professionals, like Dr. Bernard, who continue to care for patients amid a patchwork of state laws regarding abortion. Dr. Bernard herself struck back on Twitter on Wednesday night.

“My heart breaks for all survivors of sexual assault and abuse. I am so sad that our country is failing them when they need us most,” she wrote. “Doctors must be able to give people the medical care they need, when and where they need it.”