{"id":1554616,"date":"2022-07-14T16:36:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554616"},"modified":"2022-07-14T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:36:46","slug":"the-rape-of-an-ohio-girl-is-a-horrific-tragedy-it-doesnt-change-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-rape-of-an-ohio-girl-is-a-horrific-tragedy-it-doesnt-change-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rape Of An Ohio Girl Is A Horrific Tragedy. It Doesn\u2019t Change Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-rape-of-an-ohio-girl-is-a-horrific-tragedy-it-doesnt-change-reality%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-14-at-12.46.53-PM-1024x465-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Pro-abortion pundits spent Wednesday gleefully dunking on conservatives who had been skeptical of a story Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-cited-story-10-year-old-ohio-rape-victim-needing-abortion-still-not-verified-fact-checkers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeated<\/a> about the rape of a 10-year-old Ohio girl, who had allegedly trekked to nearby Indiana to obtain an abortion. After years of media misinformation, the initial skepticism was warranted. Not only because it is prudent to be doubtful until you see real corroboration, but because the story came from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/health\/2022\/07\/01\/indiana-abortion-law-roe-v-wade-overturned-travel\/7779936001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a piece<\/a> in the Indianapolis Star that relied on the word of a single abortionist, Caitlin Bernard.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, we learned that \u201ca Columbus man\u201d\u2014as most news accounts described him\u2014had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/story\/news\/2022\/07\/13\/columbus-man-charged-rape-10-year-old-led-abortion-in-indiana\/10046625002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arrested<\/a> for the crime.\u00a0Gerson Fuentes, who is \u201cundocumented\u201d (an inconvenient tidbit that will surely be inadmissible in public debate), reportedly confessed to raping\u00a0the child\u00a0on at least two occasions. It is a gruesome and unfathomable tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Why was it difficult to believe? It\u2019s worth recalling that the president, who brazenly <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/08\/heres-the-full-list-of-every-lie-joe-biden-has-told-as-president-178-and-counting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lies<\/a> and invents stories about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/09\/the-secret-life-of-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">himself<\/a> and the world virtually every day, had absolutely no proof that a rape had occurred, or that an abortion had been procured, when he decided to share the story with the world. <\/p>\n<p>It is also worth remembering that pro-abortion advocates have long concocted stories and statistics to emotionally manipulate the public. Perhaps the most infamous of these was Walter Cronkite\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/from-the-vault-abortion-and-the-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1965 documentary on the issue<\/a>, which <em>greatly<\/em> exaggerated the number of back-alley abortions and deaths from botched abortions, numbers that were incessantly repeated thereafter by the media to shape public opinion. The documentary claimed, under the veneer of scientific expertise, that a million illegal abortions were performed every year (more than are <em>legally<\/em> procured today) and 5,000-10,000 women died from botched procedures \u2013 numbers repeatedly discredited.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, there are still reasons to be curious about certain aspects of this story. Did the victim really have to go to Indiana to be treated by a nationally known abortion activist? Ohio\u2019s heartbeat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.ohio.gov\/legislation\/legislation-documents?id=GA133-SB-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">abortion law<\/a> has exemptions to save the life of the mother and stop \u201cirreversible impairment of a major bodily function.\u201d These decisions are dictated by \u201cthe physician\u2019s reasonable medical judgment.\u201d When a 10-year-old Colombian girl <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/19584-10-year-birth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gave birth<\/a> (via cesarean section) in 2012, there was a string of stories quoting doctors detailing how pregnancy at that age threatened the pre-teen girl\u2019s life. When relaying the story, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/ohio-man-charged-rape-10-year-old-traveled-indiana-abortion-rcna38103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleged<\/a> that the girl \u201cwas forced\u201d to travel out of the state to Indiana to \u201cmaybe save her life.\u201d By those standards, the girl could likely have had a medical abortion in Ohio. So why was she in Indiana? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No matter what the answer to that question is, the frivolous way in which Democrats have exploited this tragedy is despicable. Not because they\u2019re critical of Ohio\u2019s lack of a rape exemption. That\u2019s fair game. It\u2019s a fraught issue, both morally and politically. If one believes an unborn child is a life, then one believes it deserves protection from violence, no matter how tragic its origin. This is a difficult position to defend politically. But that\u2019s not the position Democrats want you to justify. No, it\u2019s exploitation because pro-abortion advocates are using the rape of a child as a cudgel to make a case for <em>all<\/em> abortions. It\u2019s not like Democrats support abortion restrictions <em>with<\/em> rape exemptions. <\/p>\n<p>Biden and others have engaged in a grossly cynical effort to use child rape to distract from their position. No pro-lifer is pro-rape. No pro-lifer wants to put the life of a 10-year-old in danger. Yet, Democrats support, sometimes celebrate, policy that allows for the termination of unborn life <em>for any reason<\/em>, including sex selection or eugenic manipulation, until birth. They are unperturbed by the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/questions-and-answers-on-late-term-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">10,00<\/a>0-plus viable or near-viable unborn babies are killed every year\u2014tens of thousands of tragedies\u2014or that the vast majority of them are disposed of for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/the-reality-of-late-term-abortion-procedures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">convenience<\/a> of the would-be mothers and fathers. Dems not only believe this barbaric practice should be legal, but that it should be paid for <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/07\/30\/these-democrats-who-claim-to-oppose-taxpayer-funded-abortion-just-voted-for-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">by taxpayers<\/a>. They not only believe in zero restrictions, they want to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1546957961439969280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shut down<\/a> pregnancy centers that work to convince mothers to have those children and support them after they do. That\u2019s the reality of this debate.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist. Harsanyi is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of five books\u2014the most recent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Eurotrash-America-Reject-Failed-Continent\/dp\/0063066017\/\">Eurotrash: Why America Must Reject the Failed Ideas of a Dying Continent<\/a>. His work has appeared in National Review, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Reason, New York Post, and numerous other publications. Follow him on Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidharsanyi\/\">@davidharsanyi<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-abortion pundits spent Wednesday gleefully dunking on conservatives who had been skeptical of a story Joe Biden repeated about the rape of a 10-year-old Ohio girl, who had allegedly trekked<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":831,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1554616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}