How many abortions are from rape and incest?

LAST UPDATED 05/15/2023 – The Bedbible Research Center has the last 6 months’ research on abortion. The output has been a report that is the newest and most comprehensive on the topic. It has data from 42.428 respondents. You can find the whole abortion statistic here.

Some of the insights from this dataset were that some women get an abortion because they got raped or due to incest. This is an interesting finding that we, therefore, wanted to write more about. Which is why this piece is produced.

If you have questions about the below findings or want to get the dataset sent. Please contact the lead researcher at: Jacob@bedbible.com

Data & Methodology

• Quantitative data: 42.428 female respondents with a US citizenship
• Qualitative data: Interviews with individuals that had an abortion due to rape and incest, doctors, and psychologists.
• Focussed on abortions done by professionals
• Mixed Methods (Both quantitative as well as qualitative data)

Key takeaways

Rape

• 1 in 100 abortions results from rape (1%)
• In 2022 that were 6,529 abortions in the US that were because of rape

Incest

• Only 0.5% of abortions are from incest
• In 2022 that were 3,265 abortions in the US that were because by incest

Percentage of abortions due to rape?

Abortions due to rape have been declining throughout the years, but there are still a few cases every year. But the number could be higher. Earlier studies have shown that 3 out of 4 rapes are not reported, and with that in mind the number of pregnancies due to rapes is therefore probably even higher than what we know [1]

What we factually know is that there is 1% of all abortions that is from rape. This is 6,529 females every year that get an abortion.

Percentage of abortions due to incest?

Around 3,265 get every year an abortion due to incest. This is in terms of a percentage of 0.5% of all abortions.

About the lead researcher

Hi, I’m Jacob, I led the extensive research on Abortion, that we did from June 2022 to January 2023. You can find that one here: https://bedbible.com/abortion-statistics/.

I hold a Master’s in Business Intelligence from Aarhus University and do therefore love to “play” with data and find exciting findings.

We were +10 people involved in the creation of the big abortion statistic, and it’s therefore one of our most in-depth posts.

Hope you enjoy the above findings, and feel free to reach out to me at Jacob@bedbible.com if you have any questions.

Sources

[1] https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/abortions-due-to-rape-by-state