In Texas, since the ban on abortion, the number of pregnancies following rape has exploded

In Texas alone, there are 26,313 pregnancies due to rape.

This is a dizzying figure revealed by a study by the very serious journal of the American Medical Association, on the evolution of the number of pregnancies since the end of the right to abortion in many American states, 16 months ago.

Demonstration in favor of abortion, May 14, 2022, in Austin (Texas).

In this state, 40% of pregnancies resulting from rape occurred.

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With our correspondent in Houston,

Thomas Harms

Since the Supreme Court's decision putting an end to the authorization of voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion) and the Roe vs Wade decision, fourteen American states prohibit all abortion, and, among them, nine do not allow any exceptions, even in cases of incest or rape.

However, each year in the United States around 100,000 rapes are reported to the police, and, according to the American Department of Justice's estimate, 79% are not the subject of a complaint.

The study published in the

Journal of the American Medical Association

 and conducted by Cambridge University, UCLA San Francisco, Hunter College and Planned Parenthood, estimates that there have been nearly 520,000 rapes since June 2022, resulting in more than 64 000 pregnancies in states banning abortion.

The newspaper specifies that in the five states where there is an exception there have been only ten abortions authorized by the authorities each month, while sexual crimes there have led to more than 5,500 pregnancies.

At the top of the count, Texas

And, at the top of this count is Texas, where 40% of pregnancies resulting from rape occurred.

Far ahead of Missouri, Tennessee, and other southern states like Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Alabama.

At the same time, last year, deliveries increased in Texas, after births had been declining for eight years and the fertility rate had been at half-mast since 2007.

And for the first time in fifteen years, the number of young girls between 15 and 18 who have given birth has increased.

The study conducted by the University of Houston specifies that this increase is particularly significant in Hispanic communities.

At issue according to the authors, the restrictions on the right to abortion in this state.

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