Nearly 65,000 US rape victims could not get an abortion in their state, analysis shows
The data demonstrates that abortion bans likely make it impossible for most victims of rape to obtain abortions in their home states, even for the minority of people who live in states with exemptions for rape, researchers said.
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64K women and girls became pregnant due to rape in states with abortion bans, study estimates
The research letter, published by JAMA Internal Medicine, estimated that nearly 520,000 rapes were associated with 64,565 pregnancies across 14 states.
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Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often it happens
The figure, while an estimate that may spark some debate, is an important data point since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Supreme Court decision overturned the federal guarantee of abortion rights. While there once was political consensus that abortion should be permitted in cases of rape, that has changed. Few states with total bans on abortion have exceptions for rape. Those that have exceptions require victims to report the rape to authorities, something that research shows happens only in a small fraction of sexual assaults.
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