As Ohio restricts abortions, 10-year-old girl travels to Indiana for procedure

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

10 Year-Old Rape Victim Denied Abortion In Ohio
July 2, 2022

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.

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This nauseated me.

washingtonpost.com
Ohio lawmaker calls pregnancies from rape an ‘opportunity’ for victims
State Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) made the comment while testifying about her legislation, which would ban abortions, except to end life-threatening

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As Ohio restricts abortions, 10-year-old girl travels to Indiana for procedure

Shari Rudavsky and Rachel Fradette | Indianapolis Star
Published 12:34 p.m. ET July 1, 2022 | Updated 1:24 p.m. ET July 1, 2022

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?

Indiana 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 along with inflation relief. ... 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.

While Indiana law did not change last week when the Supreme Court issued its groundbreaking Dobbs decision, abortion providers here have felt an effect, experiencing a dramatic increase in the number of patients coming to their clinics from neighboring states with more restrictive policies.

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