Ohio: No Abortion for a 10-Year-Old Rape Victim
She Had to Travel to Indiana to Get an Abortion
Today marks three weeks since the Supreme Court handed down the decision in the case that overturned Roe V wade. On that evening on June 24th a federal judge ruled that Ohio’s six-week abortion ban, which had been enjoined for three years could go into effect now that Roe was overturned.
And with the stroke of a pen abortion effectively became illegal in the state of Ohio if you are over six weeks pregnant. In Ohio, just three days after that ban went into effect, a child abuse doctor had a 10-year-old rape victim in her office; just ten years old. The child was six weeks and three days pregnant. She was just three days too late to get an abortion in Ohio; there is no exception for rape. Therefore, if that 10-year-old got an abortion in Ohio, she would be breaking the law.
That doctor acted. She called a colleague in Indiana seeking help for her patient and that doctor said she could help. So, the young girl traveled to neighboring Indiana that currently has a 22-week abortion ban and received the health care she needed.
The 10-year-old story made national headlines when the doctor in Indiana who performed the abortion came forward to tell the 10-year-old story. She went on the record to share what happens…
