A 10-year-old girl, pregnant after a rape, had to leave her Ohio State to abort after Supreme Court flip-flopconfirmed on Wednesday July 13, 2022 a police officer quoted by American media.
Her tragic story, originally reported by an Indiana gynecologist, was cited by the president on Friday. Joe Biden to decry the decision of the high court, 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 questioned its veracity. “It looks like an invention”had notably declared the elected Republican.
Columbus police, however, arrested a suspect on Tuesday, and during his appearance before a judge on Wednesday, an investigator confirmed details of the tragedy, the daily reported. Columbus Dispatch (link in English).
The culprit taken into custody
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.
According to court documents seen by AFPGerson Fuentes, 27, was charged with “rape of a minor under 13” following an attack on May 12. He was taken into custody in a Franklin County jail.
Contacted by AFPColumbus police did not respond.
Since the Supreme Court ruling, a dozen conservative states have banned abortions on their soil. Most provide an exception to protect the life of the pregnant woman, but not always in cases of rape or incest.