STUDY: Women Seeking Abortions Are Seven Times More Likely To Be Victims Of Abuse

STUDY: Women Seeking Abortions Are Seven Times More Likely To Be Victims Of Abuse: In contrast to Rep. Todd Akin’s (R-MO) offensive comments that “legitimate rape” doesn’t lead to pregnancy, a new study from the Guttmacher Institute finds that pregnant women who seek abortions are actually more likely to have experienced a traumatic event like sexual abuse. In fact, the findings suggest the number of women seeking to terminate [...]/p