Man indicted for rape of 9-year-old Ohio girl who got abortion in IndianaBy Snejana Farberov
July 22, 2022
A grand jury in Ohio on Thursday indicted an undocumented immigrant on two counts of rape for allegedly sexually assaulting and impregnating a young girl, who was then forced to cross state lines to seek an abortion in Indiana, where the procedure is still legal.
The indictment revealed that the alleged rape victim was just 9 years old when she was assaulted — contrary to previous reports saying she was 10 at the time she had her pregnancy terminated.
The girl’s case became a lightning rod in the national debate over abortion rights, with President Biden publicly invoking the child’s plight to highlight the detrimental effects of the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Pro-life activists and some politicians raised doubts about the 10-year-old’s tale of rape, unwanted pregnancy and out-of-state abortion — first reported by the Indianapolis Star — until Gerson Fuentes was arrested on July 12 and made his initial court appearance the next day.
Fuentes, a native of Guatemala living in the US illegally, is scheduled to be arraigned on the new charges next Monday.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/07/22/gerson-fuentes-indicted-for-rape-of-9-year-old-ohio-girl/