rape kits

Arrest confirms Indiana abortion for Ohio 10-year-old

BY: - July 13, 2022

Columbus police have arrested a 27-year-old on charges of raping a 10-year-old who traveled to Indiana late last month for an abortion, The Columbus Dispatch reported Wednesday.  Ohio Republican leaders, who passed and implemented a law making rape victims ineligible for abortions after six weeks, have been trying to raise doubts about the girl’s existence. […]

Bill would require testing of an untold number of rape kits from human trafficking victims in Ohio

BY: - May 19, 2022

The following article was originally published on News5Cleveland.com and is published in the Ohio Capital Journal under a content-sharing agreement. Unlike other OCJ articles, it is not available for free republication by other news outlets as it is owned by WEWS in Cleveland.   Ohio doesn’t have a requirement to test rape kits when investigating […]