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When a 10-year-old Girl Becomes A Huddled Mass [1]

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Date: 2022-07-14

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

“Children’s children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.”

- Proverbs 17:6

Our country really is having an issue with people who are fluent readers but have poor comprehension skills.

A 10-year-old rape victim's baby is not a crown to her comparatively aged 30-year-old parents, and an accused rapist is not the pride of a little girl's baby.

But maybe it isn't a problem with comprehension at all.

This child was raped and became forcefully pregnant when she was 9. She was 10 when she was two months and 3 days pregnant.

Nine and ten-year-olds still see pediatricians. They don't even have all their adult teeth yet. They can't see "Thor" without a parent or guardian.

This child was raped and became forcefully pregnant when she was 9 years old. She was two months and 3 days pregnant and 10 years old.

Nine and ten-year-olds still see pediatricians. They don't even have all their adult teeth yet. They can't see "Thor" without a parent or guardian.

Imagine what this family is experiencing. Their little girl was raped, she's pregnant by force, and the medical care she needs is outlawed in their state.Imagine what this family is experiencing. Their little girl was raped, she's pregnant by force, and the medical care she needs is outlawed in their state. What does that feel like? What emotions are involved? Anger, panic, heart-break, fury, love. How do you nurture a hurt child through blind rage?

Meanwhile, Republican politicians are so far removed from that family's trauma or arguably humanity, for that matter, that they feel free to mock and dismiss this family nightmare crisis.

It is an extraordinary and Machiavellian display.

If the acute trauma isn't painful enough, Republicans have ensured the chronic trauma will live in perpetuity. The video clips and news coverage will never die. That little girl forever will be able to read "An Abortion Story Too Good To Confirm" by the Wall Street Journal.

But that's not enough. Republicans can do so much more. There is more harm to be inflicted. After all, "He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him" (Proverbs 13:24). And Republicans gleefully and righteously love to discipline out of love.

There's the doctor in Indiana.

Dr. Caitlin Bernard legally provided the medical treatment that Ohio lawfully banned. In addition to being a prominent obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. Bernard is an assistant professor at Indiana University's medical school.

Indiana's Attorney General Todd Rokita announced on Fox News that his office is looking into Dr. Bernard's record to see if he could challenge her medical license.

"We’re gathering the evidence as we speak, and we’re going to fight this to the end, including looking at her licensure if she failed to report."

Women, be careful. Be very careful not to miscarry. By medical definition, to miscarry is to abort. Google "Lizelle Herrera, Texas."

Try not to have an ectopic pregnancy. The procedure that will save your life is by medical definition an abortion. Think that's a bit dramatic? Google "Missouri State Representative Brian Seitz."

Women, if you are able to find a doctor willing to treat you, understand that it is not your fault if they lose their license or end up in jail because they treated you. They took an oath to respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps they walk, and to gladly share such knowledge as is theirs with those who are to follow.

Don't think that can happen? Google "Dr. Caitlin Bernard, Indiana."

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