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July 13 (Reuters) - An Ohio man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who later traveled to neighboring Indiana for an abortion.
Gerson Fuentes, 27, who was arrested on Tuesday, appeared in Franklin County, Ohio, municipal court for an arraignment on Wednesday. A police investigator testified at the hearing that Fuentes confessed to raping the girl at least twice.
A statewide ban on abortions in Ohio after the sixth week of pregnancy – before many women are aware they are pregnant – went into effect just hours after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had established a constitutional right to abortion.
The incident gained attention this month when it was reported she had to travel to Indiana to secure an abortion because she was 3 days past Ohio's six-week limit, which does not include exceptions for rape or incest.
Abortions after 6 weeks remain legal in Indiana, though the Republican-controlled state legislature is expected to consider new restrictions later this month.
Fuentes is being held on $2 million bond & is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on July 22.
In all, 26 U.S. states have either severely restricted abortions in the wake of the ruling or are expected to do so in the coming weeks & months.
Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost told the USA TODAY Network Ohio bureau on Tuesday that the details were "more likely than not a fabrication" because there had been no arrest & no evidence uncovered.
But in a statement on Wednesday after the arrest Yost said, "My heart aches for the pain suffered by this young child. I am grateful for the diligent work of the Columbus Police Department in securing a confession & getting a rapist off the street."
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