Ohio Man Charged With Raping 10-Year-Old Girl Who Was Denied Abortion
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A man in Ohio was arrested Tuesday and charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who was impregnated and then denied an abortion under state law, forcing her to travel out of state, a case that gained widespread attention in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade—and one which some on the right doubted was a real case.
Gerson Fuentes, 27, was arrested by Columbus, Ohio, police and charged with a felony offense for raping the 10-year-old girl, the Columbus Dispatch first reported Wednesday and prison records confirm.
Fuentes confessed to raping the young girl “on at least two occaisons,” the Dispatch reports, and bond has been set at $2 million.
The 10-year-old was denied an abortion in Ohio under the state’s six-week abortion ban , the Indianapolis Star first reported —as the law does not have an exception for rape—and ultimately had an abortion in Indiana using medication on June 30, the Dispatch reports.
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Seems a lot of fussy words have been spilt over this and some will have to dine on raw crow.
Thank you for posting the TRUTH about the unfortunate 10 yr old who was raped and got an out of state abortion.
Here is a seedy post (yep, Fox was the source) from a right winger:
The comments are amusing and slowly evolve into total BS because they want to avoid the truth.
It's amazing that Fox still finds a way to blame Biden because he told the truth about this horrific episode.
My heart goes out to the little girl who was raped first by Gerson Fuentes and then raped multiple times by Fox and other right wing "news" outlets.
The truth was that girl could have received an abortion in Ohio if it was reported in time.
Let’s split ‘documents’ - it seems Fuentes doesn’t have any. Who let him in and why?
Sounds like you have someone in mind to blame.
That’s a question. ‘Who was the doorkeeper?’ is another. ‘Why was only the ‘effects’ half of this story brought to light?’ is looking for an answer too.
Was there one? From what I have read the perpetrator was illegally in country by 2015. Unraveling from then to now to cast/divert blame would be akin to being a dog that chases parked cars.
Yes.....I am one who felt the story was bullshit. It still makes no sense, if this little girl was raped on or about May 17th, why are they just arresting this guy July 12? It doesn't appear to have been reported at all, until the child services agency called the cops.
Ohio's attorney general dismissed the story of a 10-year-old child who sought an abortion after being raped. Days later, he
celebrated a suspect's arrest in the case.
From the article:
On Twitter, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem said the story was "fake to begin with." The Wall Street Journal's editorial board described it as "fanciful." Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost told Fox News his office had not heard a "whisper" about the situation despite media reports.
In a later interview with USA Today, he said there was "not a damn scintilla of evidence" about the case and that it was a likely "fabrication."
What a group of dimwits, Noem and Yost, dumb and dumber.
Alas the CoC prevents us from fleshing out that list of dumb and dumber.
They know who they are. LMAO
“Alas the CoC prevents us from fleshing out that list of dumb and dumber.”
Ah…but the overwhelming desire to defend the indefensible will expose them to be exactly what they were, are, and will be…apologists, parrots, and simpletons (not necessarily in any order).
Examples surely to follow.
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That never stopped you before.
Would you like 6 weeks to flesh that out?
For your Info the Editorial Board has updated their opinion that now that the facts finally began to emerge yesterday:
Even your fucking Washington Post couldn't confirm it.
Yet, your Wall Street Journal printed their wishful thinking without any proof, typical of RW morons like the AJ and Noem all with their foot in their mouth. Perhaps you can defend their stupidity as well.
News stories need verification. The reporter who wrote it wouldn't answer questions.
An AG is investigating an Indiana physician for performing a medical procedure that is legal in Indiana for a patient from Ohio?
So he's telling us this isn't about states' rights at all?
Never was Imo. That has just been one excuse.
One of many because they know they can't just come out and say their religious indoctrination made them believe that a tiny magical invisible soul in created as soon as the sperm fertilizes an egg. Thus they are compelled to force their religious beliefs on others in order to save those tiny magical invisible souls that have never been proven to exist but in their indoctrinated minds are more important than the life of the woman carrying the fertilized egg. It's much easier to just argue States rights than to admit they're trying to force their religious beliefs into the law of the land contrary to the constitutions establishment clause.
We already know these religious extremists were willing to do anything to further their religious beliefs and agenda as we've seen many doctors and clinics attacked, threatened, shot and bombed. Lying and obfuscating their their true motives should be expected since they clearly believe the ends justify the means.
I don’t understand why. Abortion is legal in Indiana and everything I have read indicates that this pregnancy was ended well before the state’s 22-week deadline. You can’t just go investigating people for no (legal) reason.
Pandering.
Evidently in Indiana you most report an abortion of a minor who was raped.
Which the doctor did.
The AG is pandering, and is making dishonest insinuations to do it.
Good! So can we agree his victim deserves privacy?
Are you now critical of the initial Indianapolis newspaper article?
Dumb and dumber Biden spread the story for political points before verifying it.
But the Dems can't let a crisis or tragic story go to waste.
Can you name a political party that does? Take your crocodile tears elsewhere.
There are multiple aspects to this story with perhaps more to come.
First, there is the horror of rape, multiple rape, and pregnancy of a fourth or fifth grade girl.
Second is the journalistic integrity rules on story confirmation.
Third is the rush to politicize this by both sides. We have an obstetrician/gynecologist who saw a great opportunity to advocate for abortion rights by bringing the story to national attention. The President saw an opportunity after being criticized for responding to slowly and weakly to the Dobbs decision. At the same time, we had anti-abortion advocates, to include the Ohio Attorney General, going national with calls that this is a hoax, a made up story.
They made her and her horrific tragedy a pawn for political points. Given the national attention and what will be a media covered rape trial now that the accused is identified, I'll be very surprised if this child identity remains anonymous. We will likely know who she is and she will one day understand that not only was she raped by a monster, she was a used as pawn by both sides.
Here is the problem: The state of Ohio would have allowed this abortion had it been reported within a certain time line. Evidently that time line was missed by a few days. The person telling the story wanted to leave that out. It sounded so much better to simply say the girl was forced to go to another state.
Never let a tragedy go to waste and if the story can be made more powerful, do it.
Here is the other problem, you jumped at the flimsiest of chances to cast aspersions ... it's what you do on a daily basis.
You mean like when your side questioned whether the rapist was an illegal alien?
That has been confirmed
They ran with it.
Quick biology lesson:
Many grown women who are pregnant are not aware of it at 6 weeks. Girls who are just starting their periods are very likely to have irregular periods, which means that tracking periods is a lousy way for them to know if they're pregnant.
This irregularity can last for years.
And the people who wrote the Ohio law know this. This law was designed to prevent abortions by making them impossible to get before the deadline. They want to ban abortions, but want to be able to point to exceptions that are of no practical use to women and girls in need of an abortion. They want to BE draconian without LOOKING draconian.
You may have a point Sandy. In that case the Ohio law would be devious (is that the word?)
... and I can confirm I am not Kavika.
I can confirm that I am Kavika. Vic seems to lose track of things from time to time. LOL
And we have dumb asses defending this ignorant law.
As do I. I have a Post-It note on top of my head to remind me my glasses are up there and I keep forgetting where the note is ... fun times!
If we’re really talking about a few days, that says a lot about how cold the hearts of some lawmakers are in this country.
That's the point of the window. What part of that are you having problems understanding?
The window is being purposely made too short for access to abortion services to be practical for many women, as I explained above. Gestational age is determined from the first day of a woman's (or in this case, little girl's) last period. Many women, adolescents in particular, have irregular periods. For them, a late period might not even raise suspicion of pregnancy, because it's not out of the ordinary. And even with a normal, 28-day cycle (which even regular women may not have), by the date of the first missed period, the pregnancy is 4 weeks along.
So now there are 2 weeks to recognize pregnancy and seek abortion. Now, take into account that many abortion clinics are closing, so it's hard to get an appointment. It's easy to go past that 6-week window.
The 6-week window is designed to give the appearance of not being heartless, while actually being heartless.
I'm pretty sure everybody here understands that.
your statements deserve an exclamation point, cause some can't get a period,
on a regular interval, and this should cause many to question the mark, that this now forced rush to judgement, needlessly applied, will leave, for they should do just that. LEAVE themselves OUT of a WOMENS RIGHT TO CHOOSE !....!
It should. But some are just going to bury their heads in the sand and convince themselves that they did all they could to keep that poor little girl from being forced to undergo pregnancy and birth, but gosh darn it, she should have either kept her legs closed or driven herself to an abortion clinic as soon as her rapist got off of her. The little hussy just pushed the envelope, and this is what she gets.
Please tell me the sarc tag is not needed.
a sarc tag is not needed, besides, if the little girl really needed more time to decide after mommy figured out she was now pregnant(many actually of consenting age as you mentioned, don't know until around 6 weeks in)she should have travelled to another state with better time frames for scheduling the procedure to undo another's wrong doing, Before she was Raped! WTH are ten year olds thinking these days...? Don't they comprehend they need to plan ahead for unscheduled rapes ? Cause that is what my take off is on the overturning of Roe vs Wade. Men should stay the FCK out of the decision, and Little Girls, (FCKN SCUMBAG)
Looks like that is a problem with those who set the window limitations. I'm guessing elected officials at the state level. Seems people are starting to have voter remorse for electing garbage.
6 weeks is not a window, not even long enough to call it a vent
I agree. But that needs to be taken up with the right agencies. Like I said, probably elected officials at the state level.
Coddled, they are. Conservatives are just teaching them to be more responsible for the sins of their attackers.
They need to be more like Jesus
The same people who would enforce a hard deadline on abortion are the same people who would bitch if they got a speeding ticket for going a couple mph over the limit.
What doctor wouldn't have fudged three days given the gravity of the events? It's pretty clear the issue was, (correctly) forced into the open for academics' sake. These dingbats need to keep the kid's needs paramount.
That reads like you're saying conservatives are garbage. That's a switch.
Not one that wants to keep his certifications and stay out of jail.
Did I mention conservatives or progressives? No. Your imagination is getting the better of you.
Who passed these laws, Jeremy? You're surely not going to claim it was anybody other than conservatives. That would be disingenuous.
Again, I didn't make a distinction between conservatives or progressives. You made the assumption that I did. Don't get all pissy that I won't follow your narrative. Not that it's my problem.
Sure, sure, Jeremy. Backpedal. You're the one who brought up voter remorse over abortion laws. We all know who passed those laws, even if you don't want to acknowledge the implications of your words.
No backpedaling. You should work on your comprehension skills.
Yes, I did. I also made no distinction between conservatives or progressives.
We do. Elected officials from both sides. Just because you don't want to acknowledge this isn't my problem. That's something for you to work out yourself.
There are none. The fact that you are over thinking it isn't my problem.
That is disingenuous.
You slipped, called those who usually have your wholehearted support "garbage", and now wish everyone to believe you didn't. You got caught in your own web. Watching you attempt to disentangle yourself is amusing.
That is disingenuous.
Cry about it all you want. Get as pissed as you want. The only person who made a distinction was you trying to make my statement one sided. It's not my problem.
Nobody's crying here, Jeremy. Nobody's pissed. Except maybe you, because people noticed you stepped in your own shit.
First, lets not forget that its conservative Republicans who forced this child and her parents to leave their State for urgent medical care and treatment. Without their pushing to overturn settled precedent or writing State laws that ban abortion we would never have heard about this case, this poor child would be just another anonymous number among the thousands of child victims of sexual assault which occur every year in Ohio and in every other State.
Second, how could anyone consider the two political sides anywhere near equal when one is grieving for the victim and outraged at the additional trauma this child had to go through by having to flee the State to get proper care while the other was dismissing and refusing to believe that her story was even valid or real. Now those dismissive doubters are deflecting and excusing their heartless deplorable ideology which has often blamed the victim, blamed the woman and doubt the stories that are inconvenient for their extremist religious beliefs.
Her identity hasn't been revealed, but you're right, because conservative Republicans have created this crisis there will likely be tens of thousands of rape victims who may have to step forward to prove to the conservative religious extremists that they do exist, that they are victims and that conservative religious extremist beliefs being forced on everyone else in society is harming them and victimizing them a second time.
With Roe in place ,not a single religious conservative was ever forced to get an abortion. If your religious belief was that abortion is a sin, no one was forcing them to sin. Perhaps if those conservative religious extremists spent the same amount of time and effort fighting against sexual assault and rape as they did fighting against abortion rights they might actually be helping reduce the number of victims instead of fucking them without their consent a second time.