Fact Check: Could Pregnant 10-Year-Old Girl Get an Abortion in Ohio?

The shocking news that a 10-year-old girl had to cross state lines from Ohio to Indiana to get an abortion immediately caught the nation's attention, leading to comments from President Joe Biden and other prominent politicians.

Less than a month after Roe v. Wade was overturned, the story was shared as a warning of how a future with restrictive and punitive abortion laws across the U.S. might manifest.

Initially, many conservative leaders and pundits showed skepticism to reports; Republican Ohio Attorney General, Dave Yost, appeared on Fox News to further this notion claiming he "hadn't heard a whisper" about any reports or arrests.

Some of these commentators have had to backtrack on their comments, when it was later revealed 27-year-old Gerson Fuentes had been arrested and charged with rape in connection with the incident.

Before Fuentes' arrest was announced, Mr Yost suggested the situation for the young girl needn't have required a trip to a neighboring state.

In an interview on Fox News, on Monday, 11 July, 2022, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, claimed that an unnamed 10-year-old who crossed into Indiana for an abortion, "did not have to leave Ohio to find treatment."