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Utah is one of the states that had a trigger law in place, and that law became effective Friday night.
There is, however, one issue possibly skewing the data--the number of reported rapes. As the article points out, possibly as low as 12% of rapes are reported to police, and the Utah law requires that for rape to be given as the reason for an abortion it must be so reported. So there's no saying how many of those 2,762 "elective" abortions were the result of rape that the mothers simply didn't report. I expect that we will see a jump in the number of reported rapes in the future, as women that have been raped cover their bets in case of pregnancy.
Likewise, we are likely to see a rise in the number of false rape accusations, a drop in premarital and extramarital sex, and a rise (in both the amount and cost) of prostitution in Utah (and any other state with similar laws).
The Supreme Court just overturned Roe v. Wade. What does it mean for Utah abortion law? Utah has a trigger law that will ban abortion in most cases.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, revoking the constitutional right to an abortion that has been in place for nearly 50 years.
www.deseret.com
Utah’s law allows abortions only if the mother’s life is at risk, if the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest, or if two physicians who practice “maternal fetal medicine” both determine that the fetus “has a defect that is uniformly diagnosable and uniformly lethal or ... has a severe brain abnormality that is uniformly diagnosable.”
According to the state’s Vital Statistics, there were 2,776 abortions performed in 2019. Based on the reasons given for those abortions, only 14 would have been allowed under the current trigger law, although the dataset doesn’t include abortions that are the result of incest.
There is, however, one issue possibly skewing the data--the number of reported rapes. As the article points out, possibly as low as 12% of rapes are reported to police, and the Utah law requires that for rape to be given as the reason for an abortion it must be so reported. So there's no saying how many of those 2,762 "elective" abortions were the result of rape that the mothers simply didn't report. I expect that we will see a jump in the number of reported rapes in the future, as women that have been raped cover their bets in case of pregnancy.
Likewise, we are likely to see a rise in the number of false rape accusations, a drop in premarital and extramarital sex, and a rise (in both the amount and cost) of prostitution in Utah (and any other state with similar laws).