Faun
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10 year olds having babies is a threatening medical condition.
Though very possible, not necessarily. It would have ended up in the courts to determine if she could get an abortion and potentially pass a date where she could legally get one anywhere unless a doctor determined her life was at risk, which it wasn't at 6 weeks.
Furthermore, she might have been denied an abortion altogether in Ohio until she was dying as the state legislature argued age would not be a condition worthy of an abortion...
![chrisgeidner.substack.com](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1200,h_600,c_fill,f_jpg,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep,g_auto/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57c1a2a8-7669-4319-ae5b-d0402b7e0fd0_1440x1440.jpeg)
Jeff Crossman wants to protect abortion rights — but needs to defeat Ohio AG Dave Yost first
An interview with the Ohio Dem. And, a Law Dork exclusive: Analysis from the state's nonpartisan Legislative Service Commission contradicts Yost's claim about Ohio's six-week abortion ban.
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Crossman said he was “so stunned” that Yost said something “so blatantly and brazenly wrong” that he checked with the nonpartisan Ohio Legislative Services Commission to ask for an opinion about whether “minor victims of sexual assault are able to receive abortions within Ohio after six weeks gestation.”
The answer, from Amy Archer, a research analyst with the commission, was direct: “No, Ohio’s abortion prohibition applies regardless of the circumstances of conception or the age of the mother.”
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Whomever instructed that girl be taken to another state where abortion is legal made the absolute best choice in the interest of the child. She was able to get her abortion and not deal with rightwingnuts in Ohio who wanted to control her body.