July 21, 2022Ohio’s abortion law outlaws the procedure once a “fetal heartbeat” is detected, which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
Experts say the law’s language is too vague to be certain that it would have applied to a 10-year-old rape victim.of a 10-year-old Ohio girl who was raped, impregnated and then traveled to Indiana to receive an abortion gained national attention after President Joe Biden expressed his dismay earlier this month.
"Under Ohio law, the little girl would not have been denied emergency medical services," conservative podcaster Tim Pool said in an episode of his podcast To back his claim, Pool cited a statement from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost that Pool said broke down "what the law actually said." Pool suggested, without evidence, that the girl was taken to Indiana for the procedure "for political gain," instead of trying to have it done in Ohio.