10 Year-Old Rape Victim Denied Abortion In Ohio

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports:

On Monday three days after the Supreme Court issued its groundbreaking decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist, took a call from a colleague, a child abuse doctor in Ohio.

Hours after the Supreme Court action, the Buckeye state had outlawed any abortion after six weeks. Now this doctor had a 10-year-old patient in the office who was six weeks and three days pregnant. Could Bernard help? I

ndiana lawmakers are poised to further restrict or ban abortion in mere weeks. The Indiana General Assembly will convene in a special session July 25 when it will discuss restrictions to abortion policy. But for now, the procedure still is legal in Indiana. And so the girl soon was on her way to Indiana to Bernard’s care.

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A raped 10 year old Ohio girl arrived at a doctor, six weeks and three days pregnant. Abortion is prohibited in Ohio after 6 weeks, so she must seek referral out of state. For now, it’s not a crime to refer and treat her. That could change soon. https://t.co/Uvr82PZAVk

— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 2, 2022

A raped 10-year-old has to leave the state to get an abortion.

Anti-choicers in the Ohio State House say she should consider the rape an “opportunity.”

November can’t come soon enough.https://t.co/1tpsuD77aX

— Gavi Begtrup (@GaviBegtrup) July 1, 2022