With varying degrees of subtlety, some Ohio Republicans are pushing back on an account that a 10-year-old rape victim traveled to Indiana earlier this month to get an abortion.
COLUMBUS — The following article was originally published in the Ohio Capital Journal and published on News5Cleveland.com under a content-sharing agreement.
Ten-year-olds who become pregnant are by definition rape victims, but Ohio’s abortion law doesn’t make exceptions for rape and incest. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, who supports the new abortion restrictions, went on Fox News on Monday to raise further doubts. He said he works closely with law enforcement authorities and he’d gotten “not a whisper” about the case.
Meanwhile, the state’s own manual says children might not tell their abuse and rape stories until well after the incidents happen. That can result in adult denial that they happened at all, it adds. “When patients present to a hospital or clinic, it is the responsibility of the hospital or clinic to determine if trace evidence collection is indicated,” the state protocol says.Unfortunately, there appear to be no shortage of instances in which girls can become pregnant in Ohio — even some involving girls as young as 10.
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