2022 Ohio child-rape and Indiana abortion case

Common card · No. 473397

On June 30, 2022, a ten-year-old girl from Columbus, Ohio, United States, traveled to Indiana to get an abortion because abortion law in Ohio did not provide an exception for minor children who became pregnant because of rape. Her case drew national attention and commentary from public figures, due in part to its proximity to the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed states, including Ohio, to impose substantial limitations on abortion. The girl had become pregnant in May 2022 when she was still nine years old. Her case was reported to the Columbus Division of Police on June 22, 2022. During the ensuing law enforcement investigation, a 27-year-old man was arrested and charged with two felony counts of rape. He pled guilty in July 2023. The office of the Indiana Attorney General investigated the Indiana physician who performed the procedure, and referred the matter to Indiana...

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