Headline RoundupJuly 22nd, 2022

Man Indicted in Rape of 10-Year Old Girl Who Traveled to Indiana for Abortion

Summary from the AllSides News Team

The man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl who traveled from Ohio to Indiana for an abortion was indicted by a grand jury in Ohio Thursday.

Authorities reportedly charged a 27-year-old man with two counts of rape, and the indictment said that the victim was 9 years old at the time of the rape. The suspect, an unauthorized immigrant, faces a life sentence and deportation if convicted.

The case has become a recent focus in debate over the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and went viral after a gynecologist reported the rape and the girl's out-of-state travel to the Indianapolis Star. Before the suspect was arrested and confessed to authorities, some right-rated media outlets and prominent political leaders cast doubt on the story and questioned the gynecologist for purportedly failing to report the abortion.

The indictment was covered across the political spectrum, as was the initial rape and fallout over the girl's travel to Indiana, which at the time sparked some examples of media bias and questionable reporting. Coverage from some right-rated outlets highlighted how the suspect is an unauthorized immigrant, and focused on how the victim's mother appeared to defend him and didn't press charges. Coverage from left- and center-rated sources instead focused more on framing Ohio's abortion ban as especially restrictive since it doesn't make exceptions for rape or incest.

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