All sorts of fanciful tales journey far on social media today, however you don’t anticipate them to get a listening to on the White House. That’s nonetheless what appears to have occurred Friday as President Biden signed an govt order on abortion.
With Vice President
Kamala Harris
and Health and Human Services Secretary
Xavier Becerra
close by, Mr. Biden repeated a story making the rounds on social media within the wake of the Supreme Court’s resolution to overrule Roe v. Wade. He mentioned a 10-year-old lady he didn’t establish by identify was pressured to journey from Ohio to Indiana to have an abortion as a result of Ohio now prohibits abortion after a fetal heartbeat is found. The lady had been raped, he mentioned, and Ohio legislation now contains no abortion exceptions in instances of rape or incest.
Mr. Biden grew agitated as he spoke: “Ten years old. Raped, six weeks pregnant. Already traumatized. Was forced to travel to another state. Imagine being that little girl. Just—I’m serious—just imagine being that little girl.”
Imagine, certainly. The story is a potent post-Roe story of woe for many who need to make abortion a voting concern this fall. One downside: There’s no proof the lady exists. PJ Media’s
Megan Fox
was first to level this out, and to this point nobody has been in a position to establish the lady or the place she lives.
The declare originated in a July 1 Indianapolis Star piece headlined, “Patients head to Indiana for abortion services as other states restrict care.”
Caitlin Bernard,
an obstetrician-gynecologist, instructed the paper’s medical reporter that after the Ohio ban went into impact she’d fielded a name concerning the lady from a “child abuse doctor” within the Buckeye State. The 10-year-old quickly “was on her way to Indiana to Bernard’s care.” Presumably Dr. Bernard carried out an abortion.
Medical professionals have an obligation to report baby rape to legislation enforcement, however Dr. Bernard gained’t say the place the alleged crime occurred or establish the Ohio physician who referred the case. Ohio Attorney General
Dave Yost
instructed Fox News on Monday that his workplace had heard “not a whisper” of such a criminal offense from prosecutors, police and sheriffs in his state. You will not be stunned to study that Dr. Bernard has a protracted historical past of abortion activism within the media.
What we appear to have here’s a presidential seal of approval on an unlikely story from a biased supply that neatly matches the progressive narrative however can’t be confirmed. The abortion debate is intense and passions run excessive. But the American folks deserve higher from their President than an unproven story designed to irritate these passions.
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Appeared within the July 13, 2022, print version.
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