Would you be ok with that? Almost no 10 year old is physically able to carry a baby to term. Picture a 4th grader, likely still with baby teeth, still likely playing with dolls and watching Sesame Street, and maybe 4 feet tall. Geesh-o-Pete, how often does this need to be said?...What if she was given the option to have the baby and give it up? Would you be ok with that? Who took her to Indiana and why did she have to go there? The Ohio law would have allowed her to get an abortion in Ohio. My issue is believing that an abortion necessarily has to be the best avenue for her healing. I absolutely do not believe this to be so. The issue with this girl who is 10 for crying out loud is that she was repeatedly raped.
Who took her to Indiana? presumably her mother, at the advice of her doctor in Ohio
Why did she have to go there? The doctor in Ohio (or the head of his or her hospital or medical group) apparently thought that it would be either illegal or an unacceptable legal risk for him or her to perform a medically necessary abortion in Ohio, because of the Ohio law
Does any of this sink in? None of it is new info or is being discussed in my post for the first time...