A study by the University of Houston has indicated that Texas' teen birth rate has risen for the first time in 15 years following the state's six-week abortion ban, with a particularly sharp increase among Hispanic teens, especially women between the ages of 25 and 44 who saw an 8% increase. This comes amid debates and misinformation surrounding the impact of restrictive abortion laws post-Roe v. Wade. Some tweets claim that 65,000 pregnancies resulted from rape due to the overturning of Roe, but others refute this, stating no actual pregnancies were reported in the data and that the figure is hypothetical. Meanwhile, the fertility rate for teens in Texas has increased, as reported by NBC News, and over 26,000 survivors with rape-related pregnancies have been affected by Texas' abortion ban, according to Rep. Rosa DeLauro. The Foundation to Abolish Abortion notes an increase in self-managed abortions, and various politicians express their stance on the issue, with Democrats vowing to fight for reproductive rights and Republicans advocating for life from conception. Additionally, there were more than 16,000 babies born in Texas in 2022 than in 2021, and abortion remains legal in all 50 states, with rates increasing even in states that claim to have banned it due to self-managed abortion pills.
Abortion is still legal for pregnant women in Texas, and the number of abortions is increasing due to self-managed abortion pills. https://t.co/VwKdwm2xuU https://t.co/c2yjZhkyal
No. Abortion is still legal for pregnant women in Texas, and the number of abortions is increasing due to self-managed abortion pills. https://t.co/VwKdwm2xuU https://t.co/c2yjZhkyal
Texas' teenage pregnancy rate also saw its first increase since 2007. https://t.co/GLXHCeVZQW
More Texas women had babies after the state banned nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, leading the state’s fertility rate to increase for the first time since 2014. https://t.co/zGANc6iVjH
Hispanic and teen fertility rates increase after abortion restrictions (via @TexasTribune) https://t.co/CpfonurRKq
This is what a post-Roe world looks like: Women being denied reproductive care even after the trauma of rape. We cannot let this be the norm. We must fight until we restore federal protections for reproductive rights. https://t.co/LjJGZFP9Bk
.@VP and I – along with our entire Administration – are fighting hard to defend reproductive freedom and restore the protections of Roe v. Wade. https://t.co/JRJRQLOFUl
More than 16,000 babies were born in Texas in 2022 than in 2021, a new study from the University of Houston shows. https://t.co/WT7V5FXrlD
Republicans continue to push for a national abortion ban, clearly ignoring that the vast majority of Americans support reproductive rights. We need to codify Roe v. Wade. https://t.co/h2V4btvf3X
We've heard from some of the brave women who've come forward to share their stories about not being able to get needed abortion care under TX' "medical exception." There are an estimated 26k(!!!) more from those denied abortions after rape. https://t.co/p6KCLq1egV.
Thank you, @RepWilson, for your courage and sharing your story on the consequences of Republican efforts to criminalize abortion. We cannot stop fighting for reproductive justice. We cannot go back. https://t.co/xSgaypiLNb
Thank you @RepWilson for sharing your story. It is a potent and important reminder of the dangers brought about by extreme MAGA Republicans’ attempts to sabotage reproductive freedom and interfere in decisions best left to patients and providers. https://t.co/UCioQ9Tayt
Thank you for sharing your story, @RepWilson. There are countless women nationwide who are being threatened with criminal prosecution for seeking the essential healthcare they need and deserve. That's why we won’t stop fighting until we pass the Women's Health Protection Act. https://t.co/jPg0Nn4MWD
The next day the entire news media reported a completely fabricated study claiming 64,000 women became pregnant from rape in states that banned abortion despite no data to support the accusation. So, not a huge loss for the public. https://t.co/xHdgu0WowS
Moved and inspired by your bravery, @RepWilson. Tragically, we know my friend's story of nearly losing her life due to an abortion ban is one of many. As Republicans try to drag us back to the dark ages, we will never stop fighting for the reproductive freedom women deserve. https://t.co/MV6Kwd7E6G
Thank you, @RepWilson, for sharing your story, a painful reminder that doctors, not politicians, should lead these healthcare decisions. Criminalizing abortion puts women's lives and health at risk and hinders doctors from properly treating their patients. We cannot go back! https://t.co/hwc8cyEAEY
Because of Texas' dangerous abortion ban: - More than 26K rape-related pregnancies have been reported in Texas - Teenage birth rates across Texas have risen for the first time in 15 years Republicans should be ashamed that their callous actions caused this. https://t.co/LIuzqZ0oXI
Texas women are being denied the life-saving care they need and are facing a harrowing reality. It is so important that Kate Cox will share her story as part of the #SOTU, and I thank her for her bravery. https://t.co/joVg7jtVIg
Granite State women must be able to make their own private, personal medical decisions - not the courts or politicians. Thank you to local leaders who are making a difference on this issue. I remain committed to this fight for reproductive freedom. https://t.co/vK4I3ImvLF
This is a stomach-turning report. 65,000 women and girls have been forced to relive their trauma and carry their rapist's child because of GOP abortion bans. We can't let up in our fight to win back reproductive freedom for all. The stakes are too high. https://t.co/hJbkI5YKUq
Grateful to @VP for her leadership in the fight to protect reproductive rights. While extreme Republicans continue pushing for a national abortion ban, @HouseDemocrats will fight tooth and nail to safeguard and restore women's freedom to make our own health decisions! https://t.co/ZwhODHY5fI
After years of declines, Texas saw an uptick of births to teenage mothers in 2022, one year after the state enacted its six-week abortion ban. | via @TexasStandard https://t.co/fOhvnaoYUF
More than 16,000 babies were born in Texas in 2022 than in 2021, a new study from the University of Houston shows. Hispanic women between the ages of 25 and 44 saw the largest fertility rate increase, with an 8% change over 2021. https://t.co/CyUz9VSJ9h
64,000 women tortured to bear the cold of their attacked/abuser. End the GOPs control over women’s lives and bodies. https://t.co/IOe17hMmpi
As I reflected this week on the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, I was reminded of the pain I felt when I almost died from a stillbirth pre-Roe v. Wade. We cannot go back! Yet, Republicans want to take us back & criminalize abortion. Read my op-ed below ⬇️https://t.co/oJLpme5czF
New research showing abortion bans forced tens of thousands of women to give birth after they were raped. It’s further proof these bans are tools of abuse. https://t.co/WtthXrhws4
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: women should be the ones making decisions about their health care—not politicians. Republicans need to get out of the doctor’s office and stop trying to control women's bodies.
Millions of women currently live in states with very limited or no access to abortion care. They have fewer rights now than they did 50 years ago, and Republicans want to go even further. @SenateDems will never stop fighting to restore reproductive freedom in our country. https://t.co/DiCj13HoJW
Abortion remains legal in all fifty states. Abortion rates are increasing in the states which claim to have banned abortion. Read more in @RepubSentinel: https://t.co/VwKdwm2xuU
Abortion remains legal in all fifty states. Abortion rates are increasing even in the states which claim they banned abortion. Read more in @RepubSentinel: https://t.co/VwKdwm2xuU
Misinformation online you say? Like how you blatantly lied that 64,000 girls and women *became pregnant* due to rape in states that banned abortion, today? When the study you cited only estimated that number was hypothetical? Misinformation like that? https://t.co/6KZ9hFQibt
Over 26,000 rape victims forced to carry a pregnancy since Abbott's extreme abortion ban. And Republicans still want to use it as a model for America. Progressives won’t stop fighting to restore abortion rights nationwide. https://t.co/hdUSz4WA15
Republican lawmakers' goal has always been a complete ban on abortion. The effects of GOP-led state bans on abortion are dangerous and devastating and it's why I’m fighting in Washington to restore Roe's protections nationwide. https://t.co/KpVvdFc3Es
After Roe was overturned, 21 states enacted dangerous abortion bans, criminalizing care for millions. It's heartbreaking to see women denied often life-saving care, even in cases of rape. Democrats are fighting to restore abortion rights nationwide! https://t.co/hdSAOKcoPY
I trust doctors when it comes to reproductive care, not @HouseGOP. While they keep pushing a nationwide abortion ban, I’ll keep working fiercely with @HouseDemocrats to protect every woman’s right to choose.
~65,0000 women were raped, became pregnant, & were forced to continue their pregnancies because of extreme abortion bans imposed by Republican lawmakers. How many more traumas do women have to face? We must fight back by making Roe the law of the land again. https://t.co/aRmx9laxVG
Kate Cox embodies the strength of Texas women who are harmed each day by extreme abortion bans. I will be proud to welcome Kate to the House chamber for the #SOTU. Her story is a stark reminder that life-saving reproductive care is a fundamental right.
There is no more important cause than saving unborn Americans. At @StudentsforLife's National Pro-Life Summit, I was inspired to be surrounded so many young advocates who are speaking up for protecting life from conception. We must press on in the fight for life! https://t.co/wP3YCaGMdQ
These are the tragic consequences of extreme MAGA Republicans’ fight to ban abortion in America. When the GOP looks to the more than 64,500 survivors with rape-related pregnancies, they see only a blueprint for the rest of the nation. Democrats will always oppose their cruelty. https://t.co/A2wkI3dggS
It sure the hell is about “who makes the decisions.” Wisconsinites should have the freedom to make their own decisions about their reproductive healthcare. And Republican legislators should have nothing to do with it. https://t.co/Mz2qyOjLnQ
In America, more than 1 in 3 women of reproductive age live in a state with an abortion ban. This is a health care crisis.
The fertility rate in Texas increased for the first time in eight years in 2022 — the year after the state passed its six-week abortion ban — but the growth is driven mostly by Hispanic women, a new analysis finds. https://t.co/uLNCxwdzfJ
Restore Roe protections. Enshrine reproductive rights into law.
This is heartbreaking. Women across the country are being forced to give birth to their rapist's baby. This cruelty is a direct result of Republicans' extreme abortion bans. We must keep fighting to restore Roe everywhere. https://t.co/3ErcxqWvLv
Tennessee's abortion ban forced Allie Phillips out of state when her pregnancy turned tragic. And now, like other women in red states who oppose bans on the procedure, she's very publicly telling her story — and running for the legislature. @mollyhf https://t.co/sEdouQcCvV
On Monday, the 51st anniversary of #RoeVWade, I was at @PPFA in #Carson to highlight the importance of access to reproductive care for millions of women in America. Extreme Republicans continue to strip away the fundamental rights of women. We won't back down & we will continue… https://t.co/oxyOEba9Es
Without Roe v. Wade, it’s not just safe abortion access that’s under threat. It’s all reproductive rights and the freedom to access contraception and travel for medical procedures. I won’t rest until every woman has the freedom to make healthcare decisions about her own body.
I visited Planned Parenthood in Aurora to discuss their work to deliver safe reproductive care to women from IL & surrounding anti-choice states. In IL, we trust women to make their own health care choices. I'll keep fighting in Congress to ensure every woman has that right. https://t.co/D4EQv3gPzh
Republican lawmakers' goal has always been a complete ban on abortion. The effects of GOP-led state bans on abortion are devastating and dangerous. We must restore #Roe's protections nationwide. https://t.co/NoznINfKX7
26,313. Let that sink in. 26,313 victims of rape forced to carry a pregnancy they had no choice in. And the mostly male lawmakers who passed this ban won't say a word about it - because at the end of the day, they see women as vessels, not people. https://t.co/zdOH5SGbUI
Keep your eye on the adolescent girls and teenage young women hearing about the >60,000 rape-caused pregnancies in abortion-restrictive states post Dobbs. Don't underestimate their fury.
We have a massive self-managed abortion pill problem, especially in the pro-life states which claim to have banned abortion after the Dobbs decision. My latest article for @RepubSentinel discusses a new analysis from @AbolitionistFAA tracking the phenomenon. https://t.co/xITkq25Nq3
We have a massive self-managed abortion pill problem, especially in the states which claim to have banned abortion. My latest article for @RepubSentinel discusses a new analysis from @AbolitionistFAA attempting to track the phenomenon. https://t.co/o33FsDU5Gr https://t.co/xITkq25Nq3
The number of abortions in the dozen or more states which claim to have banned the lethal procedure appear to be rapidly increasing as more women access self-managed abortions, according to a new analysis from the Foundation to Abolish Abortion. https://t.co/Cjpnt2nguI
The number of abortions in the dozen or more states which claim to have entirely banned the lethal procedure appear to be rapidly increasing as more women access self-managed abortions, according to a new analysis from the Foundation to Abolish Abortion. https://t.co/Cjpnt2nguI
Nevadans protected a woman's right to choose, and we're proud of it. But if Donald Trump and his far-right allies have their way, they'll push for a national abortion ban. That's why we can't back down from the fight to defend women's freedoms. https://t.co/D7XEORV8gM
Texas banned all abortions with no exceptions for rape, denying the right to choose for over 26,000 survivors with rape-related pregnancies. Republicans want to take what they did in Texas and do it across America. Democrats will always fight back to protect women's health.
The fertility rate for teens in Texas rose for the first time in 15 years in 2022, a shift driven by disproportionately high rates seen among Hispanic teens in the year after a six-week state abortion ban took effect, according to a study. https://t.co/Gl6HGdrh8u
This is a lie. A study estimated the number of *hypothetical* pregnancies using a mathematical formula based on an estimate of rapes using self-report victimization surveys. No actual pregnancies were used in the calculation. https://t.co/lA6ZpiFIxB
TEXAS TEEN BIRTH RATE RISES POST-ABORTION BAN, IMPACTING LATINAS University of Houston study reveals Texas' teen birth rate rose for the first time in 15 years following a six-week abortion ban. The increase disproportionately affects Hispanic teens, with Latinas of all ages… https://t.co/Rg0pp2QwsI
They'll manage to convince millions of voters 65,000 women were forced to carry their rapist's baby without citing a single pregnancy or rape.
So, no, an 'estimated 65,000 women were forced to become pregnant through rape,' did not happen. Not a single pregnancy was reported in the data. It is literally, 'If you have X rapes of women of reproductive age, you could have X number of pregnancies without abortion access'
Activist medical study: 'Using estimates of rapes of women 15-45 that could have resulted in pregnancy, we estimate 65,000 pregnancies resulted from rape after Roe was overturned' Media/Dems: '65,000 WOMEN WERE FORCED THE GIVE BIRTH AFTER RAPE'