Report the abuse. Not the abortion.
If there's a legal reporting requirement on providers who provide abortion in cases of rape/incest, then it should be enforced.
Immoral laws should not be enforced.
What is immoral about requiring abortions performed in cases of rape/incest be reported?
Why should an abortion be reported to the government?
Only in cases of rape/incest, and especially when we're talking about children. Doctors have a responsibility to report suspected child abuse to the proper authorities.
Absolutely they do
But why should abortions be reported to the state? (making the non reporting of one an offence)
What benefit is there in reporting the abuse, but filling a separate or additional report if there's a pregnancy or termination?
Why does the state need to know this?
The relevant IN law requires medical providers report suspected child abuse. There is no record of the abortionist in this case initating such a report, which is reason to open an investigation.
Even if the 10-year old girl is a resident of OH, the reporting requirement still applies to the IN provider who treated her. The IN authorities who received the report would be responsible for passing any actionable information back to OH law enforcement.
Secondly, there is more potential for intimidation and coercion in cases involving minors because they cannot provide meaningfully informed consent. A universal abortion reporting requirement that would apply to minors (or at least those younger than 16, or even 13 - but definitely including age 10) is valid for this reason.
The rape was reported to Ohio police 2 months ago. It's a fairly easy assumption that the provider asked if the abuse had been reported already, the victim's family said yes and provided info to confirm that.
