65,000 Rape-Related Pregnancies Estimated in States with Abortion Bans

Majority of these pregnancies occurred in states without exceptions for rape, with Texas accounting for about 45% of the cases.

New research estimates that nearly 65,000 pregnancies related to rape occurred in states with total or near-total abortion bans post-Dobbs v. Jackson.
Majority of these pregnancies (91%) occurred in states without exceptions that allow for the termination of pregnancies in cases of rape.
Texas accounted for about 45% of the rape-related pregnancies during this period.
Few, if any, of these rape victims were able to get abortions legally in the states where they live, even those where the law allows exceptions for rape.
Researchers used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Bureau of Justice Statistics and Federal Bureau of Investigation to create their estimates.