The research letter, published by JAMA Internal Medicine, estimated that nearly 520,000 rapes were associated with 64,565 pregnancies across 14 states.
More than 64,000 women and girls became pregnant because of rape in states that implemented abortion bans after Roe v. Wade was overruled, according to a new research estimate published online Wednesday.
The research letter, published by JAMA Internal Medicine and headed up by the medical director at Planned Parenthood of Montana, estimated that nearly 520,000 rapes were associated with 64,565 pregnancies across 14 states, most of which had no exceptions that allowed for terminations of pregnancies that occurred as a result of rape.
Texas topped the list, with 45% of the rape-related pregnancies occurring within the state, researchers estimated. Ninety-one percent of the estimated rape-related pregnancies took place in states without exceptions for rape, according to the researchers.
“Few (if any)” of the women and girls who became pregnant because of rape “obtained in-state abortions legally, suggesting that rape exceptions fail to provide reasonable access to abortion for survivors,” the research letter said.
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Based off the women in my life who’ve been comfortable enough to talk to me about it those numbers seem about right sadly. If anything they’re low because I’m sure some of them don’t talk to me about what’s happened to them. I’m really disgusted with humanity pretty much all the time these days.
you did not do the math wrong. the current state of things is absolutely unacceptable
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Now try the math again, but per gender… I didn’t try it but I suspect a bigger number for one of them.
The numbers are harder to pin down for men. There’s a lower likelihood of reporting for one. But there’s also the fact that a lot of men don’t even realize they’ve been raped, thinking “Dude I got laid last night? Sweet.”
Even the CDC does a terrible job of reporting the numbers in my opinion. 1 in 4 women and 1 in 26 men experience attempted or completed rape. But 1 in 9 men were “made to penetrate someone” which insinuates against their will, which imho is again rape.
There’s also a problem of legal language. In many states, it’s just impossible for a man to be raped. And when it is possible, it often doesn’t include “made to penetrate” (aka forced sexual contact) as rape.
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Your math isn’t wrong but your premise is… which is still terrible. Once a person has been raped, they have a higher chance of being raped again. 35 times higher, in fact.
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