Gershon Fuentes.Photo: Franklin County Jail
An Ohio man has been charged in connection with the rape of a 10-year-old girl who became pregnant and traveled across state lines to Indiana for an abortion.
Gershon Fuentes, 27, was taken into custody Tuesday and allegedly confessed to sexually assaulting the girl at least twice, theColumbus Dispatchreported.
Huhn told the court that the girl had an abortion in Indianapolis on June 30, theDispatchreported.
The girl’s story made national headlines after Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Indianapolis, told theIndianapolis Staron July 7 she terminated the girl’s pregnancy after she traveled from Ohio following theSupreme Court’s decision to overturn 1973’sRoe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion across the country.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost cast doubt earlier this week on the doctor’s story on Fox News and with the USA TODAY Network Ohio bureau.
But, on Wednesday, after the arraignment, Yost applauded “the diligent work of the Columbus Police Department in securing a confession and getting a rapist off the street.”
“Justice must be served and BCI stands ready to support law enforcement across Ohio putting these criminals behind bars,” he continued in a statement.
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Last month’s6-to-3 rulingreversed nearly 50 years of precedent, giving states the power to pass their own abortion laws. Since the decision, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri and South Dakota have alreadybanned abortion in their states, afterputting trigger laws in placethat governors enacted following the SCOTUS ruling.
Fuentes is being held without bond,FOX 19reports. His next court appearance is scheduled for July 22.
His attorney could not be reached for comment.
source: people.com
