Study Estimates Over 26,000 Rape-Related Pregnancies in Texas Post-Abortion Ban

Texas accounts for 40% of rape-related pregnancies in states with abortion bans, with legal abortions drastically reduced despite rape exceptions.

Recent study estimates over 26,000 Texas women became pregnant by rape after abortion was banned in the state, with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest.
Study 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.
Texas was estimated to have the most rape-related pregnancies among those states, accounting for about 40% of the total.
Study used FBI crime reports, survey results from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and prior rape-related pregnancy rates to estimate the number of rape survivors who had become pregnant.
Post-ban, 10 or fewer legal abortions per month occurred in each of the 14 states with abortion bans, suggesting that 'rape exceptions fail to provide reasonable access to abortion for survivors.'