| What does it mean to rape a 10-year-old? Last week, everyone was talking about the story of the 10-year-old Ohio girl who was raped and had to travel to neighboring Indiana to obtain an abortion because she was three days past the state's six-week cutoff for terminating a pregnancy. People tended to seize on the story for confirmation of their preexisting perceptions: For abortion opponents, the story was, in all likelihood, a hoax being perpetrated by abortion-rights advocates willing to go to any length to make their case, an accusation that became untenable when a man was arrested and charged with the rape. For those who support access to abortion, it offered a powerful talking point to illustrate the brutal new reality of the post-Roe v. Wade world. Columnist Alyssa Rosenberg chose to see the 10-year-old herself — and how she was being used by both sides. Rosenberg wrote about what it means to be 10: the age at which you can safely cross a busy street by yourself; at which you are interested in plush comfort animals and Amelia Bedelia books; at which — more to the uncomfortable point — just 10 percent of girls have had their first period, and their tiny bodies would be ravaged by pregnancy. "The mind revolts at the horror of a raped and pregnant 10-year-old," Rosenberg wrote. This child, she observed, "will someday know that her 10-year-old self was treated not as a person the whole nation had an interest in protecting, but as a political chess piece." Her sensitive, insightful take should make us all stop and think. A man is in custody after a 10-year-old girl in Ohio was raped, became pregnant and sought an abortion. The mind revolts at this horror. By Alyssa Rosenberg ● Read more » | | | The Post's publisher writes: By visiting Saudi Arabia, the president is turning 'a blind eye' to murder of Jamal Khashoggi. By Fred Ryan ● Read more » | | | | Health officials should call for an emergency response to covid only when it's truly needed. By Leana S. Wen ● Read more » |    | | | A little insignificance isn't such a bad thing. By Sergio Peçanha ● Read more » | | | The former congresswoman, who nearly died during a 2011 shooting in Arizona, still struggles at times to speak. But her words carry great weight in the debate over gun control. The Opinions Essay ● By Karen Tumulty ● Read more » | | | | The billionaire can't simply say he goofed. By Adam Lashinsky ● Read more » | | | | | In Cuba, hundreds of innocent people are in prison because they dared to demand freedom. Exiles are still fighting from abroad. Short Documentary ● By Parjanya Christian Holtz ● Read more » | | | | To succeed, the right will have to escalate its crusade, which carries risks By Paul Starr ● Read more » | | | | | |
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