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Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe, a 10-year-old rape victim was forced to travel from Ohio to Indiana to receive care since Ohio’s six-week “trigger ban” now bars women and children from accessing abortion even in the case of rape.
Madison Gesiotto Gilbert is endorsed by the Ohio chapter of anti-choice group the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), whose general counsel Jim Bopp bragged to Politico about his model legislation that would allow states to force this young girl and others like her to carry their rapist’s child to term.
Said Bopp of the 10-year-old Ohio girl: “She would have had the baby, and as many women who have had babies as a result of rape, we would hope that she would understand the reason and ultimately the benefit of having the child.”
“Gesiotto Gilbert must reject her NRLC endorsement or look voters in the eye and tell them that she thinks 10-year-old rape vicitims should be forced to give birth,” said DCCC spokesperson Nebeyatt Betre.
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