Date uploaded: 2022-07-14 21:29:45

A doctor’s account of a 10-year-old Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion in June was confirmed when a man who confessed to raping her was arrested Tuesday and charged with a felony. Health experts say they’re beginning to hear more cases of rape-related pregnancies among young people seeking an abortion after the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning of Roe v. Wade, which ended abortion as a constitutional right nationwide. “Until the Roe ruling, I had never had a colleague tell me about a pregnancy that was being forced to continue because of rape,” said Dr. Erika Werner, chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Tufts Medical Center. “In last three weeks, I’ve heard of three.” Carrying a baby to full term carries higher pregnancy-related risks for a teenager or child than it would for an adult, Werner said, and that risk increases the younger a girl is. For more on the story, click the link in our bio.