Arrest made in rape of Ohio girl that led to Indiana abortion drawing international attention

The Columbus Dispatch ^ | 7/13/2022 | Bethany Bruner, Monroe Trombly

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A Columbus man has been charged with impregnating a 10-year-old Ohio girl, whose travel to Indiana to seek an abortion led to international attention following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade and activation of Ohio's abortion law.

Gershon Fuentes, 27, whose last known address was an apartment on Columbus' Northwest Side, was arrested Tuesday after police say he confessed to raping the child on at least two occasions. He's since been charged with rape, a felony of the first degree in Ohio.

Columbus police were made aware of the girl's pregnancy through a referral by Franklin County Children Services that was made by her mother on June 22, Det. Jeffrey Huhn testified Wednesday morning at Fuentes' arraignment. On June 30, the girl underwent a medical abortion in Indianapolis, Huhn said.

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I did run into a factoid that mentioned the CDC has recently termed teenage pregnancies at the lowest on record. (the last 70 years or so)

Maybe, but I have had doubts about CDC numbers lately. It's possible that abortions don't count as pregnancies. How would the CDC know if it was reported as not occurring?

I had never heard of such an early case of "precociuos puberty" before but it sounds believable. I admit there are lots of things I don't know.

[rxh4n1]

I remember a story where the hero makes a very narrow escape and the authorities kill a guy known to walk in his neighborhood and blandly assert they cornered and killed the hero.

Fahrenheit 451

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That’s it! Thanks!