In Indiana, any person having sex under the age of 14 is considered to be the victim of molestation, and it is required by law that this be reported to both law enforcement and child services.

Turns out that Planned Parenthood may not have followed the law.

According to the Courier Press, Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter’s office confiscated (actually, asked and were given) medical records of eight minors who visited Planned Parenthood.

There are 73 more patients whose medical files Planned Parenthood is suing to block access to.

The big question here is this: is Planned Parenthood knowling concealing the crime of molestation of 12 and 13 year old girls?

Steve Carter appears to want to find out, and he also appears to have a battle on his hands.

This AP story says:

In each case, the minors were receiving services other than abortions, Cockrum said.

Neither Cockrum nor Ken Falk of the Indiana Civil Liberties Union, which is representing Planned Parenthood in the case filed in Marion Superior Court, would reveal the ages or the genders of the three minors involved or any other information about them.

However, they released copies of a form letter from the Indiana Medicaid Fraud Control Unit that said the agency “is investigating an incident report or complaint alleging possible patient abuse or neglect.”

Indiana law defines sexual activity with a child 13 or under as child abuse, even if the partner also is a minor, Falk said. State law also requires anyone suspecting child abuse to report it to child welfare authorities, and Planned Parenthood said it complies with that law.

Dawn Eden points out that Margaret Sanger’s organization has the ICLU on it’s side.

Related stories here.

UPDATE: Joining OTB’s BTJ.