TW

27 Jan

Lina Hidalgo criticizes Texas’ abortion ban after study estimates thousands of rape-related pregnancies

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Ban, Healthcare, Rape-related pregnancy, Texas, Trigger Warning, TW, United States

"One of the Houston area's top elected officials criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other state leaders after a recent study published in a peer-reviewed medical journal estimated that more than 26,000 Texas women became pregnant by rape after abortion was banned in the state, which offers no exceptions for cases of rape or incest. The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined rape-related pregnancies in the 14 U.S. states that have implemented total abortion bans since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2022 overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision from 1973. Texas was estimated to…

26 Jan

In states with abortion bans, rape exceptions ‘fail to provide reasonable access’ to survivors, researchers say

MollyLatest News, United StatesAbortion Ban, Abortion Care, Healthcare, leglislation, rape, Rape exception, Reproductive rights, Sexual Assault, Trigger Warning, TW, United States

"Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and removed federal protections on abortion rights in 2022, over a dozen states have enacted total bans on abortion. Now, new research suggests only a small fraction of people who become pregnant through rape are able to obtain a legal abortion in those states, including those with exceptions in place for such scenarios. After analyzing multiple datasets, researchers estimated that between July 2022 and January 2024, nearly 65,000 people became pregnant through rape in the 14 states that have total abortion bans, according to a research letter published this week in the journal JAMA…