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Five times, and that ariel castro allegedly starved her. >> right. >> and punched her in the stomach. could he be charged for forcibly -- allegedly forcibly causing her to lose her babies? >> it depends what type of laws they have, but he could be charged with aggravated assault certainly for each one of those, aggravated battery. those will carry 20-year penalty ranges. so he can be charged with a myriad of things. because the whole problem -- if you wanted to charge him with performing an illegal abortion, so to speak, you'd have to prove intent. so is he just mean and he's kicking you, well...