Beyond barbaric! 10-year-old rape victim denied abortion in US

A 10-year-old rape victim in Ohio who was six weeks pregnant was forced to travel to Indiana to get an abortion after she became ineligible to get the procedure in her own state. The girl was six weeks and three days pregnant when Dr. Bernard was contacted.

 

 

Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynaecologist, told the Columbus Dispatch that she received a call from a colleague doctor in Ohio asking for her help to treat the child victim.

 

Many abortion providers across states have reported a sharp increase in the number of patients coming to their clinics for abortions from neighboring states. According to local news channel, abortion is not yet illegal in Indiana but lawmakers are likely to ban or restrict the procedure when a special session of the state assembly convenes later this month.

 

 

 

“It’s hard to imagine that in just a few short weeks we will have no ability to provide that care,” said Bernard.

 

Ohio’s six-week “trigger ban” came into effect on June 24 after the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision that legalised abortion in the country. The case has become a touchstone to spotlight the impact of the court ruling on abortion. The Supreme Court on June 24 ended constitutional protections for abortion that had stood in America for nearly a half-century. The decision by the court’s conservative majority overturned the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade decision on the issue of abortion.

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