US EditionMan sentenced to life in prison for rape of 10-year-old who sought abortion in Indiana
- Gerson Fuentes, a man accused of raping and impregnating a 10-year-old girl, pleaded guilty to two counts of rape and was sentenced to life in prison. He may be eligible for probation after serving 25 to 30 years and will have to register as a sex offender.
- The case drew national attention due to the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade, and the girl had to travel out of state for an abortion. This sparked a debate about access to abortions and Ohio's "heartbeat bill."
- Fuentes is originally from Guatemala and was living in Columbus, Ohio.
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Man gets life sentence for raping 9-year-old Ohio girl who traveled to Indiana for legal abortion - West Hawaii Today
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man who confessed to raping and impregnating a 9-year-old Ohio girl has been sentenced to life in prison in a case that became a national flashpoint on abortion rights because the girl had to travel out of state to end the pregnancy.
Illegal Immigrant Who Raped, Impregnated Ohio 9-Year-Old Sentenced to Life in Prison
The 28-year-old illegal immigrant who raped and impregnated the nine-year-old whose mother he was living with in Ohio has been sentenced to life in prison. The girl’s story made national headlines after the Indiana doctor who performed her abortion cited the incident while critiquing the Supreme Court’s decision to repeal Roe V. Wade on June 24, 2022. Her mother had defended Fuentes. Gerson Fuentes appeared in the Franklin County Court of Common…
Man gets life sentence in rape of girl at center of Ohio abortion controversy
A man was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to the rape of a 9-year-old girl who became the center of an Ohio abortion controversy last year after traveling out of state to get an abortion. The man, Gerson Fuentes, 28, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of rape in the Franklin County…
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