A rape victim who hemorrhaged after the adults in her life persuaded her to go through with an abortion at the age of 13 now ...

Researchers estimate nearly 65,000 rape-caused pregnancies have happened in states with abortion bans in effect since Roe v. Wade was overturned. The report is in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Just 1% of women obtain an abortion because they became pregnant through rape, and less than 0.5% do so because of incest, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Yet the battle over exceptions for ...

Abortion opponents describe eliminating long-standing rape and incest exceptions as driven by their faith-based belief that life begins at the moment an egg is fertilized by sperm.

Abortion opponents push for an end to exceptions. For years, rape and incest exceptions have been part of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funds from being used to pay for abortions.

State Rep. Jim Olsen said the exceptions for rape were added because the bill allowed anyone who "aids or abets" an abortion to be sued for up to $10,000 in damages but lawmakers didn't want the ...

Since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022, one study estimates there's been nearly 65,000 pregnancies from rape in states that ban abortion.

The modern rape and incest exception dates back to 1959 when a legal research group, the American Law Institute, wrote model abortion legislation for states. Republicans adopted the language as a ...

Abortion rights proponents are hopeful about the November election, where ballot measures in several states could restore abortion protections. Rape and incest exceptions to abortion bans have not ...

The Louisiana abortion bill is only the latest law restricting abortions even in cases of rape and incest. A rape survivor explains why even with exceptions, it's not enough.

Though Texas, like most states with a total abortion ban, doesn’t even pretend to offer an option for rape survivors to obtain abortions, five abortion-ban states — Idaho, Indiana, Mississippi ...