Study Estimates 26,000 Rape-Related Pregnancies In TX Since Abortion Ban

The nauseating stats come from a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Although the study focused on 14 states that implemented total abortion bans following the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the statistics for Texas stand out.

The Houston Chronicle explains that Texas, which has the largest population of the 14, also had the highest number of estimated rape-related pregnancies: 26,313. Texas has outlawed abortions, with no exceptions for rape or incest survivors. What’s even more disturbing is that the number will only increase so long as the total abortion ban is in effect.

[T]he researchers estimated there were 519,981 rapes associated with 64,565 pregnancies during the four to 18 months after states implemented total abortion bans. Of those pregnancies, an estimated 5,586 occurred in states with exceptions for rape and 58,979 in states with no exceptions.

The Chronicle also points out that rape and incest exceptions are not much help, either:

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