A 10-year-old girl was denied an abortion in Ohio after the Supreme Court ruled last week to strike down Roe vs. Wade, demonstrating the tangible impacts the decision is having on patients seeking access to the medical procedure.
A child abuse doctor in Ohio contacted Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Indiana, after receiving a 10-year-old patient who was six weeks and three days pregnant, reported the Indianapolis Star.
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The source said that patient is now headed west to Indiana, since Ohio prohibits the medical procedure when fetal heart activity begins, around six weeks. The law went into effect quickly after the high court issued its decision.
Ohio is among several states that have rolled back abortion access since the Supreme Court struck down that constitutional right. But Indiana could soon pass its own abortion law later this month. A special session is scheduled for late July and the legislature is expected to address the ban on the medical procedure.
