The girl’s tragic story was cited by President Joe Biden to denounce the Supreme Court’s decision to no longer guarantee the right to abortion.
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A dramatic consequence. A 10-year-old girl, pregnant after a rape, had to leave her state of Ohio to have an abortion due to the recent decision of the Supreme Court, a police officer confirmed on Wednesday July 13. Her tragic story, originally reported by an Indiana gynecologist, was cited by President Joe Biden on Friday to decry the high court’s decision on June 24 to no longer guarantee the right to abortion.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, whose state immediately banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, had expressed doubts about its veracity. “It looks like an invention”, had notably declared the elected Republican. Columbus police have, however, arrested a suspect and, during his appearance before a judge on Wednesday, an investigator confirmed details of the tragedy, the daily reported. Columbus Dispatch.
An abortion in Indiana
The agent, Jeffrey Huhn, explained to the magistrate that the victim’s mother had informed the local child protection services of her daughter’s pregnancy on June 22 and that the latter had then seized the police. The girl had an abortion on June 30 in the neighboring state of Indiana, where abortions remain legal and the remains of the embryo are subject to genetic testing to confirm links with the suspect, the policeman said.
Since the Supreme Court ruling, a dozen conservative states have banned abortion on their soil. Most provide an exception to protect the life of the pregnant woman, but not always in cases of rape or incest.