by Elise McCue at The Federalist
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said during an interview with Jesse Watters on Fox News Monday night that a police report has not been filed regarding the viral story about a 10-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and impregnated and then fled to Indiana to get an abortion due to the restrictive laws in her home state.
In fact, according to Yost, there is “not a whisper” of a police investigation nor any corroborating evidence for the single-source story.
The Indiana Star broke the original story based on second-hand testimony from Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an OB-GYN, abortionist, and outspoken pro-abortion activist, who claimed she received a call from a doctor in Ohio who treats child-abuse victims. The anonymous Ohio doctor said the 10-year-old was ineligible for an abortion in her home state and needed to go to Indiana to receive an abortion immediately.
Even before Yost’s comment, the credibility of the story was suspect. For instance, it lacked important details, such as the identity of the Ohio doctor or whether that doctor even reported what would have been the crime of rape.
“We work closely with the decentralized law enforcement system in Ohio, but we have regular contact with prosecutors and local police and sheriffs,” Yost said. “Not a whisper anywhere.”
Yost added that his office runs the state crime lab…
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