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Maya Yang

Man gets life sentence for raping girl, nine, forced to leave Ohio for abortion

abortion rights protesters in Ohio
Ohio’s six-week ‘trigger ban’ came into effect after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade last year. Photograph: Megan Jelinger/Reuters

The man found guilty of raping and impregnating a nine-year-old Ohio girl who later traveled to Indiana for abortion has been sentenced to life in prison.

On Wednesday afternoon, 28-year-old Gerson Fuentes appeared at the Franklin county court of common pleas in Columbus, Ohio, where he entered a plea agreement which will allow him to be eligible to seek probation after 25 years. If granted parole, Fuentes would also have to register as a tier 3 sex offender and will have a lifetime of in-person verification every 90 days.

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