According to new research published last week, stories like these are just the tip of the hellish iceberg. In 14 states that have banned abortion since the Supreme Court Dobbsdecsion overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, an estimated 519,981 rapes “were associated with 64,565 pregnancies.” These estimates draw from available data that track rates of reported and unreported rapes in states with abortion bans, as well as “findings from prior research on rape-related pregnancy rates,” the research states. Of these 64,565 rape-induced pregnancies, “an estimated 5,586 rape-related pregnancies (9%) occurred in states with rape exceptions,” and “58,979 (91%) in states with no exception,” with 26,313 (45%) in Texas.
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Rape-Related Pregnancies in the 14 US States With Total Abortion Bans
This cross-sectional study estimates the incidence of rape-related pregnancies in US states with abortion bans.
