The story is real and theStory is awful
The lie is that she had to cross state lines for an abortion; her state allows abortions for cases like this
"Bernard told her that immediately after “the Buckeye State had outlawed any abortion after six weeks, [she] had a 10-year-old patient in the office who was six weeks and three days pregnant.” She then explained how Bernard performed the abortion.
When the story ran, some of us noted that the Ohio law actually does not prohibit abortions after six weeks but after “fetal heartbeat has been detected.” Being three days over the six-week line is not a bar on abortion. More importantly, it also has the exceptions for cases like this one.
Members of the media, including MSNBC’s Joy Reid, were quick to pick up the story despite the lack of confirmation.
Photo by Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images
In fact, Ohio says abortions are allowed “to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman,” which would certainly be the case for a 10-year-old."
https://nypost.com/2022/07/12/activist-tale-of-a-10-year-old-rape-victims-abortion-looks-like-a-lie/
If anything, I would be upset with the left (Specifically MSNBC and Bernard) for trying to use a tragedy like this to "dunk on republicans"
Fair enough. So, tell me, let's say it was 7 weeks and the fetal heartbeat was clearly present. What does the law say in terms of exceptions? And if there were no exceptions--which is plainly going to be the case in multiple states before long, would you support making the child carry the baby to term?
Edit: if this is true, the New York Post article is bullshit, just as one might expect from that gross rag.
"An Ohio state law went into effect July 2019 which makes abortion illegal after the fetus heartbeat can be detected, which usually develops between five or six weeks after conception.
No exceptions are made for "hard cases" such as rape, incest, or a fetus determined to possibly have down syndrome. The only "hard case" exception, according to ORC 2919.193(B),
[7] are in cases in which there is a medical emergency, defined in 2919.16(F) & (K): "serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman."
[8] This does not include
potential bodily damage that stems from the woman's mental health.
Included in this law, ORC 2919.198, is a section called "Immunity of pregnant woman." This section overrides penalties for pregnant women who undertake an abortion
after a fetal heartbeat has been detected.
[9] This release of penalties does not extend to physicians or doctors who administers the abortion past a detectable "heartbeat".
Despite the above laws being the most restrictive, further penalties can be imposed if an abortion is undertaken even later into the pregnancy."
