How many abortions are due to rape?

But the institute said that it knew which category qualified only 2,444 of the women, and of these, 72 were eligible because of rape or incest. ''The 1 percent number from the 1987 survey is really the best we have on abortions because of rape or incest,'' said Susan Tew, a spokeswoman for the institute. read more

According to Kathleen DeZeeuw, “I, having lived through rape, and also having raised a child ‘conceived in rape,’ feel personally assaulted and insulted every time I hear that abortion should be legal because of rape and incest. read more