Death of Roe/minor travel

The removal of a national right to abortion is resulting in children having to cross state lines for a life-saving procedure.

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After the Supreme Court removed national protection of the right to abortion, many conservoid-dominated states have made it illegal to various extents -- in some cases, with no exceptions for rape or incest. This has resulted in minors needing to cross state lines in order to obtain abortions, often medically necessary because their bodies are in no way equipped to carry a child to term safely.

Most notably, a 10-year-old girl who was raped in Ohio had to travel to Indiana to have her pregnancy aborted. This story made human life absolutists look so bad that they had to furiously question the veracity of the story (including an editorial which the Washington Post was, for some reason, willing to print), but it has been confirmed in several ways, including:

• confession and arrest of the man who raped her
• Indiana Attorney General threatening the doctor who treated her

It seems likely that many supporters of the Death of Roe decision believed that minor-rape pregnancies would be a Shirley exception, and are unable to accept the true monstrosity of the laws which are in fact being imposed.

Prominent conservoid Megan McArdle, while apparently accepting the veracity of this event, has argued that it isn't so bad because the rate of minors getting abortions in Ohio last year was only about one per week.

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News (to file)

• 2022-07-15
  • Indiana AG warned over remark about abortion provided for a 10-year-old rape victim «An Indiana doctor who recently provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim has sent a cease and desist letter threatening legal action against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita. That comes after Rokita suggested without providing evidence that the doctor may have failed to report the abortion as required under state law.»
  • Republican senators block legislation to allow travel across state lines for abortion$
    • discussion: Nextdoor
• 2022-07-14 Indiana AG Investigating Doctor Who Treated 10-Year-Old Rape Victim, Threatening Prosecution and Loss of Medical License «Attorney General Todd Rokita (R-IN) announced an official investigation into Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the doctor who treated a 10-year-old Ohio girl who sought an abortion after being impregnated by a rapist, threatening the doctor with potential criminal prosecution, loss of her medical license, and violations of HIPAA.»
  • James Gleick said «Another way of putting it: Republican extremists are so determined to impose a regime of state-forced pregnancy that, when the existing laws aren’t harsh enough, they turn to extrajudicial threats and harassment.»
• 2022-07-13
  • CoDis: Arrest made in rape of Ohio girl that led to Indiana abortion drawing international attention
  • Axs: Ohio man arrested for rape of 10-year-old who had to seek abortion in Indiana «Gerson Fuentes was arrested Tuesday according to court filings, after he confessed to raping the child. He was charged with rape of a minor, which is a felony in Ohio punishable by life imprisonment.»
• 2022-07-01 Patients head to Indiana for abortion services as other states restrict care «Hours after the Supreme Court action, [Ohio] had outlawed any abortion after six weeks. Now this doctor [in Ohio] had a 10-year-old patient in the office who was six weeks and three days pregnant.»

Commentary (to file)

• 2022-07-15 When Fact-Checking Goes Wrong: the Pregnant 10-year Old (video, 12:52, Rebecca Watson)
• 2022-07-14
  • Let's talk about benefits and Republicans telling you who they are.... (video, 6:53, Beau of the Fifth Column)
  • Let's talk about a 10-year-old, journalism, and misinformation.... (video, Beau of the Fifth Column)