COLUMBUS, Ohio (ADAMS) – An Ohio man has been sentenced to life in prison for raping a child under the age of ten who traveled across state lines for an abortion.
Gerson Fuentes, a Guatemalan national, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of rape on Wednesday. The case gained national attention last year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Ohio’s abortion ban that had recently gone into effect has no exceptions for rape or incest. Authorities said the victim traveled to neighboring Indiana to undergo the procedure. Court documents show Fuentes confessed to the crime in an interview with police.
He has the possibility of parole after 25 years.
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