Rape-Related Pregnancies in the 14 US States With Total Abortion Bans

2024/01/24 by Samuel Dickman, Kari White, David U. Himmelstein +3 · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Gender, Security, and Conflict #Sex work and related issues #Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

paper · doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0014

openalex publication_date 2024/01/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

This cross-sectional study estimates the incidence of rape-related pregnancies in US states with abortion bans.

Discussions

• Dickman et al. (2024) estimate there have been 65,000 pregnancies (in 18 months!) arising from rape in the states that have banned abortion and lack exceptions for rape. That's a lot of pregnancies [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]

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