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2024-10-19 12:15:27 UTC - HELPFUL
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According to the most recent released FBI statistics, there were 2,917 rapes that occurred in Missouri which resulted in 292 abortions in 2019. This was prior to the overturning of Roe V. Wade. - https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/topic-pages/tables/table-5 - https://www.guttmacher.org/article/2022/06/long-term-decline-us-abortions-reverses-showing-rising-need-abortion-supreme-court There are academic studies that estimate these numbers are low. - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/64-000-pregnancies-caused-by-rape-have-occurred-in-states-with-a-total-abortion-ban-new-study-estimates/
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