Rape-Related Pregnancies in the 14 US States With Total Abortion Bans
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This cross-sectional study estimates the incidence of rape-related pregnancies in US states with abortion bans.

cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/3426664

64,565 Rape-Related Pregnancies in the 14 US States With Total Abortion Bans between July 1, 2022, and January 1, 2024,

  • lapis [fae/faer, comrade/them]
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    7 months ago

    So one out of every 2.5k women in the US was raped, conceived, and now cannot abort the fetus.

    This is not even the total number of women raped, let alone the total number of people of all genders raped. Just those who conceived and can’t get an abortion.

    And that number is one per 2.5k.

    Holy fuck. I hate it here.

    • Red Wizard 🪄@lemmygrad.ml
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      7 months ago

      If you're doing total US women population, yeah, that figure is grim. However, the numbers on the 14 states in the study, are far more grim.

      One per 604

      Sources seem to indicate that the average American knows, at an acquaintance level, about 600 people1.

      That means, on average, every single person in those 14 states knows someone impacted in this way. If that seems wildly off, please let me know, and I'll scratch that out, but it's what my math is telling me.

      State Population2 F. Persons %2 Total F. Pers. Population2
      Louisiana 4,573,749.00 51.00% 2,332,611.99
      Kentucky 4,526,154.00 50.30% 2,276,655.46
      Indiana 6,862,199.00 50.30% 3,451,686.10
      Idaho 1,964,726.00 49.60% 974,504.10
      Arkansas 3,067,732.00 50.60% 1,552,272.39
      Alabama 5,108,468.00 51.40% 2,625,752.55
      Texas 30,503,301.00 50.00% 15,251,650.50
      Tennessee 7,126,489.00 50.90% 3,627,382.90
      South Dakota 919,318.00 49.10% 451,385.14
      Oklahoma 4,053,824.00 50.10% 2,030,965.82
      North Dakota 783,926.00 48.60% 380,988.04
      Missouri 6,196,156.00 50.60% 3,135,254.94
      West Virginia 1,770,071.00 50.10% 886,805.57
      Totals 77,456,113.00 50.32% 38,977,915.50
      R-Related Pregnancies 64,565.00
      Pregnancy Per Person 603.7003871 Formula = 38,977,915.50/64,565.00

      1. https://archive.is/20231124112400/https://www.wsj.com/us-news/you-probably-know-611-people-heres-how-we-know-88dd27d9
      2. Source for population data: census.gov QuickFacts lookup

      • lapis [fae/faer, comrade/them]
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        7 months ago

        This is all just so awful, even at the country level and more so at the state level. I would say that, since these states are less population-dense, the number of acquaintances people have there is probably lower, but even two out of every three people knowing someone directly affected by these forced-birth laws because they were raped is fucking terrible.

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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      7 months ago

      It points to a lifetime rate of about 5% of all people conceived from SA.