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What Biased Media Got Wrong (or Conveniently Left Out) About the 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Story: Report

Megan Fox : Jul 19, 2022  PJ Media

BCN editor's note: Because of the victim's young age (10), Ohio law would NOT have restricted her abortion, according to Ohio AG Dave Yost. So there was no reason for her to have to travel to Indiana to terminate the pregnancy. Oh and by the way, her alleged rapist was an illegal alien from Guatemala. Please pray for this young girl's healing from this traumatic experience. -Aimee Herd, Breaking Christian News

[PJMedia.com] Today, the Columbus Dispatch put out a report on the 10-year-old pregnant rape victim in Ohio whose story went viral after the Indianapolis Star framed it as a post-Roe nightmare. The Indy Star's reporting raised questions about the veracity of the story because it cited only one biased source and had no corroborating police documentation. After intense media scrutiny spurred by questions about the veracity of the claims, it was revealed that Gerson Fuentes, an illegal alien from Guatemala, is alleged to be the rapist and wasn't taken into custody until July 12, despite Columbus police having a report about the crime on June 22. (Image Pixabay)

But that wasn't the only information missing from the Indy Star's reporting. The paper, owned by Gannett, didn't do any homework before reporting that the girl had to travel to Indiana for an abortion due to what they claimed were restrictive laws in Ohio ...

The initial reporting never included any analysis from Ohio legislators. If it had, they would have discovered two things: Ohio does not have a 6-week ban on abortions, and Ohio law has several exceptions for abortions in these types of extreme cases that would have covered the abused child. Ohio Republicans, including Attorney General Dave Yost, have all affirmed that this child's case would have been covered under the exception. "Ohio has a medical emergency section, broader than just the life of the mother. This young girl, if she exists and if this horrible thing actually happened to her… she did not have to leave Ohio to find treatment," Yost told Jesse Watters on Fox News' "Primetime" on July 11, one day before anyone was alerted that there was a criminal case into this situation.

The Columbus Dispatch actually admitted that the Indy Star's reporting was wrong, writing, "Ohio law does not make any exceptions for rape or incest but does allow exceptions for the health of the mother. Because of the girl's age, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said the girl would have fallen under that exception"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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