Man charged with raping Ohio girl, 10, who was denied abortion

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, Longwood50 said:

Oh so its "much better" she waited until later in the pregnacy so that the abortion is a more "pleasant experience"  I was born at night but not last night. 

As said, I don't blame the girl, she did have options but for whatever reason did not avail herself of them.  But this pointing to her case and claiming it as a rationale for wholesale abortion is like the NRA seeing a case where a man used a machine gun to protect his family from intruders and using that to justify that everyone should legally be allowed to own a machine gun.  

I favor abortion rights in cases of rape, incest, to save the mothers life, or if the child has severe birth defects.  Those however do not amount to the 622,000 cases of abortion in the USA each year.  The fact that 42% of those people who had an abortion were having their second, third, or fourth shows pretty clearly they were not a huge contingent of rape victims but rather a group of people both men and women who though they claimed to want "control of their body" chose not to take control of their body when deciding to have sex. 

 

I suggest you you pause your outrage and do a little back ground reading into why these 42% of women are having multiple abortions.

 

This from Canadian research:

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC550633/

[billd766]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Facts Were Sparse on an Abortion Case. But That Didn’t Stop the Attacks.

 

Others turned the focus on Dr. Bernard. The Indiana attorney general, Todd Rokita, a Republican, said on Fox News on Wednesday night that he would investigate whether the doctor had failed to report the assault and abortion, and suggested that Dr. Bernard had failed to do so in other cases.

On Thursday, The Indianapolis Star reported that records obtained through a public record request showed that Dr. Bernard had done the required reports. Kathleen DeLaney, a lawyer for Dr. Bernard, said in a statement that Dr. Bernard was considering legal action against Mr. Rokita and others.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/business/media/10-year-old-girl-ohio-rape.html

No paywall link

 

 

Without logging in to read it it seems to me that here is yet another Republican more interested in scoring points than caring about the victim and the doctor.

 

Yet another despicable politician claiming to be a human being.

 

Free to read

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/indiana-attorney-general-says-will-investigate-doctor-treated-10-year-rcna38223

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/indiana-ag-todd-rokita-escalates-war-on-caitlin-bernard-doctor-who-performed-10-year-old-girls-abortion

 

According to the Daily Beast 

 

quote " On Thursday afternoon, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita doubled down on the outrage after a 10-year-old rape victim traveled to his state for an abortion—going so far as to suggest that the doctor involved could face criminal charges for not reporting the procedure.

But mere hours later, his claims were smashed to bits when a local TV station published documents showing Dr. Caitlin Bernard had properly reported the abortion.

In response to Rokita’s threats, Bernard’s lawyer alleged the AG had “smeared” her client, adding that a lawsuit against him is now on the table."

 

I am glad that there is a lawsuit against him and I hope that he is fined millions of dollars and banned from ANY political position for life. Nasty vituperous (put your own words here) piece of soi dog ex--------------

[Phoenix Rising]

1 hour ago, Longwood50 said:

What I said, was that saying the child lacked the decision making capability at 3 weeks pregnant to have an abortion and suddenly gaining that "adult wisdom" at 13 weeks pregant to have an abortion is nonsensicle. 

However the main point is that the left is using this as the poster case for why we should allow wholesale abortion.  That is like th National Rifle Association seeing a case where a person used a machine gun to save the lives of his family from intruders and using that as a basis to justify allowing everyone to own a machine gun. 

They are pointing to the infintisimal amount of cases that I believe most people would favor.  Rape, incest, life of the mother, or a child with severe birth defects.  Not the 42% of the 622,000 abortions to people who want "control of their body" but somehow did not want to control it with a birth control pill, condom or day after pill.  

Assuming that the facts are that the girl was raped, and was too embarrassed or lacked the judgement to go to her parents or authorities I believe she should have been allowed to have an abortion. 

What is especially hypocritical is that many of the same people who are now claiming this girl at age 10 lacked the intellectual ability to go to her parents or police, claim that a 5 year old should be able to decide on their gender identity.  

Abortion remains unchanged in 20 states and the District of Columbia.  At will.  Most of Europe denies abortion at timeframes ranging from typically from 8 to 14 weeks with Malta, Poland, and Litchenstein having total bans.  So the USA is not any different than Europe.  Different areas have different laws.  

In Ohio abortion is still permitted until a fetal heartbeat is detected.  That would be 4 - 6 weeks after the rape.  The fact she had to travel to another state to have an abortion only shows she still had a choice albeit an inconvenient one. 

"What is especially hypocritical is that many of the same people who are now claiming this girl at age 10 lacked the intellectual ability to go to her parents or police, claim that a 5 year old should be able to decide on their gender identity. "

 

Off topic and a diversion. This thread is about the fact that a 10 y/o was raped and had to go to another state to have an abortion. 

That's it.

[jak2002003]

5 hours ago, Longwood50 said:

What I said, was that saying the child lacked the decision making capability at 3 weeks pregnant to have an abortion and suddenly gaining that "adult wisdom" at 13 weeks pregant to have an abortion is nonsensicle. 

However the main point is that the left is using this as the poster case for why we should allow wholesale abortion.  That is like th National Rifle Association seeing a case where a person used a machine gun to save the lives of his family from intruders and using that as a basis to justify allowing everyone to own a machine gun. 

They are pointing to the infintisimal amount of cases that I believe most people would favor.  Rape, incest, life of the mother, or a child with severe birth defects.  Not the 42% of the 622,000 abortions to people who want "control of their body" but somehow did not want to control it with a birth control pill, condom or day after pill.  

Assuming that the facts are that the girl was raped, and was too embarrassed or lacked the judgement to go to her parents or authorities I believe she should have been allowed to have an abortion. 

What is especially hypocritical is that many of the same people who are now claiming this girl at age 10 lacked the intellectual ability to go to her parents or police, claim that a 5 year old should be able to decide on their gender identity.  

Abortion remains unchanged in 20 states and the District of Columbia.  At will.  Most of Europe denies abortion at timeframes ranging from typically from 8 to 14 weeks with Malta, Poland, and Litchenstein having total bans.  So the USA is not any different than Europe.  Different areas have different laws.  

In Ohio abortion is still permitted until a fetal heartbeat is detected.  That would be 4 - 6 weeks after the rape.  The fact she had to travel to another state to have an abortion only shows she still had a choice albeit an inconvenient one. 

You think she did not tell police or her mother she was raped and pregnant because she was 'embarrassed'!

 

Seriously man, you really do not have empathy or understanding of basic human emotions and feelings. 

 

 

[Jingthing]

The radical far right wing extremists of the Forced Birth republican party are beginning to sow the seeds of their authoritarian backwards barbarity. It won't play well.

 

 

[pegman]

I wonder how many who want abortion laws are religious? My suspicion is 100%. This is all about imposing their faith based beliefs on others. 

[Jingthing]

6 minutes ago, pegman said:

I wonder how many who want abortion laws are religious? My suspicion is 100%. This is all about imposing their faith based beliefs on others. 

Yep.

The American Taliban.

Very unpopular but very much in control.

Not a free country and just barely a democracy.

[pegman]

5 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yep.

The American Taliban.

Very unpopular but very much in control.

Not a free country and just barely a democracy.

True, according to the Economist Group's Democracy Index the USA is ranked as a "flawed democracy". Same as Thailand for those counting. 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index

[placeholder]

On 7/14/2022 at 2:28 PM, John Drake said:

 Why didn't Fuentes fear getting deported more than carrying out a child rape? Why are hundreds and thousands of illegals pouring across the border even as I write this? 

 Fuentes was supposed to have arrived in 2015. Which means that the over half of his time spent in the USA was under the Trump Administration. Why did Donald Trump and his minions allow him to stay in the USA?

Unlike you in relation to your question, I recognize that my question is ridiculous.

 

[Scott]

On 7/14/2022 at 12:28 AM, John Drake said:

One thing is for certain and that is Fuentes has been in the country since Biden has been president, and the child rape occurred during Biden's presidency. All the time, Biden had it as his responsibility to enforce US immigration law and deport illegal aliens. How many illegals has Biden deported from the US interior and Ohio, for instance? Why didn't Fuentes fear getting deported more than carrying out a child rape? Why are hundreds and thousands of illegals pouring across the border even as I write this? 

Speculation on the circumstances of his entry to the US is of interest to many of our members but it is veering off-topic.  We simply don't know if he enter illegally or whether he entered with a work visa and then over stayed.  That is one of the most common ways people end up becoming illegal. 

 

From the original article:

The source told Fox that Fuentes is a Guatemalan national in the country illegally and that ICE has placed a detainer on Fuentes, which is a request he eventually be handed over to the agency for removal proceedings. 

 

[Scott]

Off-topic, inflammatory posts and replies removed.

[Bkk Brian]

15 hours ago, Jingthing said:

The radical far right wing extremists of the Forced Birth republican party are beginning to sow the seeds of their authoritarian backwards barbarity. It won't play well.

 

 

Jim Jordan called a 10-year-old rape victim a liar. Why? Because if her story is true (it is) that means the GOP is the party of government-mandated pregnancies for little girls.

[KanchanaburiGuy]

22 hours ago, Phoenix Rising said:

Off topic and a diversion. This thread is about the fact that a 10 y/o was raped and had to go to another state to have an abortion. 

That's it.

Actually, no. There is another thread about that.

 

THIS thread is about the 27 y.o. man who's been accused of committing the rape being arrested and charged.

 

 

[KanchanaburiGuy]

2 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Jim Jordan called a 10-year-old rape victim a liar. Why? Because if her story is true (it is) that means the GOP is the party of government-mandated pregnancies for little girls.

Could you please share a reputable-source quote of Jim Jordan calling a 10-year old rape victim a "liar?"

 

As far as I know, the 10-year old has not spoken out about her situation. How, then, could she be labeled a "liar?"

 

And if you've gotten this wrong.......... as I'm almost certain you have.......... what does that make you?

 

[HINT: Calling a story about a 10-year old rape victim "a lie"............. is nowhere near the same thing as calling a 10-year old rape victim "a liar!"]

[Bkk Brian]

7 minutes ago, KanchanaburiGuy said:

Could you please share a reputable-source quote of Jim Jordan calling a 10-year old rape victim a "liar?"

 

As far as I know, the 10-year old has not spoken out about her situation. How, then, could she be labeled a "liar?"

 

And if you've gotten this wrong.......... as I'm almost certain you have.......... what does that make you?

Did you visit the link in my post?

 

Here's another:

Jim Jordan Has No Regrets for Calling 10-Year-Old Rape Victim’s Abortion a ‘Lie’

 

Now tell me, what does it make me?

[Jingthing]

2 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Jim Jordan called a 10-year-old rape victim a liar. Why? Because if her story is true (it is) that means the GOP is the party of government-mandated pregnancies for little girls.

One case makes no difference to the bigger picture.

The GOP most certainly is the Forced Births party  Period. Their radicals are working hard right now to restrict interstate travel for all pregnant females, to make fetuses legally persons, and indeed to ban all abortions in all 50 states. 

[KanchanaburiGuy]

6 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Did you visit the link in my post?

 

Here's another:

Jim Jordan Has No Regrets for Calling 10-Year-Old Rape Victim’s Abortion a ‘Lie’

 

Now tell me, what does it make me?

Where is the place where he calls HER a liar? 

 

That is, after all, what you claimed: That he called HER a liar. You even underlined it, for emphasis.

 

As for your apparent inability to understand this important distinction.......... yeah, there are certainly board-inappropriate things I would call you for that. Lol

[Eric Loh]

14 hours ago, pegman said:

True, according to the Economist Group's Democracy Index the USA is ranked as a "flawed democracy". Same as Thailand for those counting. 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index

Thailand for all the flaws still have majority rule. Can’t say the same for good old USA. Probably in the category of soft authoritarian. 

[Bkk Brian]

9 minutes ago, KanchanaburiGuy said:

Where is the place where he calls HER a liar? 

 

That is, after all, what you claimed: That he called HER a liar. You even underlined it, for emphasis.

 

As for your apparent inability to understand this important distinction.......... yeah, there are certainly board-inappropriate things I would call you for that. Lol

Read my post again, have you noticed they were not my words, I made a direct quote and here is the deleted tweet for reference:

 

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan deleted a tweet on Wednesday in which he called the story of a 10-year-old Ohio girl receiving an abortion after being raped "another lie" following the arrest of a man in connection with the case.

 

 

If you are insistent on pedantics take it up with the people who said it.

 

[Jingthing]

7 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Thailand for all the flaws still have majority rule. Can’t say the same for good old USA. Probably in the category of soft authoritarian. 

It recently got much harder.

The current partisan political Supreme Court is off the rails 

[KanchanaburiGuy]

8 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Read my post again, have you noticed they were not my words, I made a direct quote and here is the deleted tweet for reference:

 

Republican Rep. Jim Jordan deleted a tweet on Wednesday in which he called the story of a 10-year-old Ohio girl receiving an abortion after being raped "another lie" following the arrest of a man in connection with the case.

 

 

If you are insistent on pedantics take it up with the people who said it.

 

You post it.......... you repeat it.......... you own it.

 

And still........ the things you just posted to SUPPORT your post.......... all say THE STORY is a lie......... NOT that the 10-year old girl lied! 

 

Y'know, now's the time an honorable person would say, "Yeah, I screwed up. What  I said about Jim Jordan wasn't true. He didn't say that."

 

Doubling-down and dodging...... on the other hand......... is what a different sort of person would do!

 

But please, do carry on!

[ozimoron]

2 minutes ago, KanchanaburiGuy said:

You post it.......... you repeat it.......... you own it.

 

And still........ the things you just posted to SUPPORT your post.......... all say THE STORY is a lie......... NOT that the 10-year old girl lied! 

 

Y'know, now's the time an honorable person would say, "Yeah, I screwed up. What  I said about Jim Jordan wasn't true. He didn't say that."

 

Doubling-down and dodging...... on the other hand......... is what a different sort of person would do!

 

But please, do carry on!

He tweeted to say the story was a lie. That was false so when got caught out pushing a lie he deleted the tweet. I'm not sure why you're trying to twist this to support Jordan who was out of line. He wouldn't have deleted his tweet if he wasn't guilty of lying. That he didn't apologize goes to his character.

[Bkk Brian]

5 minutes ago, KanchanaburiGuy said:

You post it.......... you repeat it.......... you own it.

 

And still........ the things you just posted to SUPPORT your post.......... all say THE STORY is a lie......... NOT that the 10-year old girl lied! 

 

Y'know, now's the time an honorable person would say, "Yeah, I screwed up. What  I said about Jim Jordan wasn't true. He didn't say that."

 

Doubling-down and dodging...... on the other hand......... is what a different sort of person would do!

 

But please, do carry on!

More than happy to own it and here it is again just for you:

https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1547751741143142402

 

[pomchop]

On 7/13/2022 at 9:35 PM, Bkk Brian said:

This is not about Biden its about the rape of a 9/10 year old who then had to travel to the next state to get a termination because it was not possible in Ohio.

 

From what you're implying every crime attributed to an immigrant is now Biden's fault, lets have a little reality here................

But let's attack Biden and also claim the rape was all a big lie and then attack the doctor who legally performed the abortion in Indiana....it's the republican play book....deny and deflect.

[KanchanaburiGuy]

1 minute ago, ozimoron said:

He tweeted to say the story was a lie. That was false so when got caught out pushing a lie he deleted the tweet. I'm not sure why you're trying to twist this to support Jordan who was out of line. He wouldn't have deleted his tweet if he wasn't guilty of lying. That he didn't apologize goes to his character.

I'm not "supporting Jordan." I couldn't give a fig about Jordan. But I do care about the truth. And claiming Jordan called the 10-year old girl "a liar"............ when it was THE STORY he called a lie........... simply isn't true.

 

Was the story a lie? No, it wasn't. 

 

Was Jordan wrong to call it a lie? Yes, he was.

 

But that's not what bkk brian accused Jordan of doing! He accused Jordan of calling THE GIRL "a liar!" And that appears to be completely false.

 

It was wrong for Jordan to wrongly cast aspersions about the story.......... and it's wrong for bkk brian to wrongly cast aspersions about Jim Jordan!

 

I DON'T care about Jim Jordan. I DO care about the truth........... even if it happens to be about Jim Jordan!

[Eric Loh]

11 minutes ago, pomchop said:

But let's attack Biden and also claim the rape was all a big lie and then attack the doctor who legally performed the abortion in Indiana....it's the republican play book....deny and deflect.

Are you suggesting that the republicans are shameless and lack conscience. Let’s see about that. 
 

DeWine, Yost, other Ohio Republicans and others hurt a traumatized child once by forcing her to flee the state in order to receive health care; then hurt her again by peddling propaganda erasing her; hurting her a third time by refusing to acknowledge and apologize for their actions. 

You are certainly spot on. 

[KanchanaburiGuy]

18 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

More than happy to own it and here it is again just for you:

https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1547751741143142402

 

Two wrongs don't make a right. 

 

What you should have done is question what Swalwell said........... in exactly the same way I've questioned you: "Please show me where Jim Jordan said THAT."

 

*  You repeated something that wasn't true.

 

*  You've defended repeating it because it was said first by someone else.

 

*  When the incorrectness of it was pointed out, you've continued to defend it.

 

And now, apparently, your best argument is to suggest that Two-wrongs DO-make-a-right!

 

Pffft! Not buying what you're selling....... as no one with morals should!

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, KanchanaburiGuy said:

Two wrongs don't make a right. 

 

What you should have done is question what Swalwell said........... in exactly the same way I've questioned you: "Please show me where Jim Jordan said THAT."

I don't need anyone to tell me what I should do unless I ask for advice and I'm clearly not asking for your advice. 

[ozimoron]

23 minutes ago, KanchanaburiGuy said:

I'm not "supporting Jordan." I couldn't give a fig about Jordan. But I do care about the truth. And claiming Jordan called the 10-year old girl "a liar"............ when it was THE STORY he called a lie........... simply isn't true.

 

Was the story a lie? No, it wasn't. 

 

Was Jordan wrong to call it a lie? Yes, he was.

 

But that's not what bkk brian accused Jordan of doing! He accused Jordan of calling THE GIRL "a liar!" And that appears to be completely false.

 

It was wrong for Jordan to wrongly cast aspersions about the story.......... and it's wrong for bkk brian to wrongly cast aspersions about Jim Jordan!

 

I DON'T care about Jim Jordan. I DO care about the truth........... even if it happens to be about Jim Jordan!

I don't know why you're trying to torture the difference. Calling the story fake and calling the girl a liar isn't a huge leap. Swalwell's comment that the GOP is the party of forcing little girls to bear the children of their rapists is true. This was Jordan's motive in pushing back against the story as well as the many other far right commentators who leapt to deny the story based on the flimsiest of excuses. Not one of these extremists has even come close to a mea culpa, further vindicating Swalwell's comment.

[KanchanaburiGuy]

4 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Jim Jordan called a 10-year-old rape victim a liar. Why? Because if her story is true (it is) that means the GOP is the party of government-mandated pregnancies for little girls.

By the way.........

 

There is nothing here that attributes what you say as a quote. Yes, it turns out the underlined portion is a link. But there's nothing that identifies it as such. As far as I could tell, it was nothing more than an underlined sentence, for emphasis.

 

And since....... as you published it........ it is not identified as someone else's words......... I'd call that plagiarism. 

 

In my opinion, a hidden attribution........... really isn't one!

 

This is literature, of a sort, not a video game. We are not pre-conditioned to scroll over all the scenery looking for hidden "jumps" and "rewards!"

 

Making someone discover your attribution......... is the same as not making one, at all!