Eric Zorn: Should 11-year-old girls have to bear their rapists' babies? Ohio says yes
by Eric Zorn, Chicago Tribune
May 10, 2019
3 minutes
An 11-year-old rape victim in northwestern Ohio is pregnant, according to news reports, and a highly restrictive state law on abortion signed last month says a girl in her position must carry and deliver her rapist's baby.
In arguing the abortion issue I used to test the zealotry of my anti-choice opponents with a hypothetical question with similar facts, and was often told such a situation was too far-fetched to be probative. But now the hypothetical is real.
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