Is Pregnancy By Rape Different From Pregnancy by Mistake? Not When It Comes to Judging Women

The National Women’s Law Center just released a report detailing the frightening relationship between Republican efforts to deny abortion access and survivors of rape and sexual assault. According to the report, in 2013 state governing bodies have introduced a record number of provisions to restrict abortion access, of which a staggering 86% apply to rape survivors. Of those there were enacted by the states, 71% would affect women whose rapes resulted in pregnancies.