Publication Date
2025
Document Type
Book
Description
The intersection of reproductive health and politics has historically shaped women’s healthcare, particularly influencing availability of abortion services. The 1973 Roe v Wade decision legalized abortions and allowed American women to access life-saving care on a national level. Fifty years later, politics and women’s health evolved again following the 2022 Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v Wade decimating federal protections of abortion. The research presents a direct prediction that one in 20 women in the United States will be affected by this matter as rape-related pregnancies and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for mothers and their children will increase in the immediate future. The overturning of Roe v Wade has restricted racial and economic minorities from access to abortion in one-third of the United States. By re-electing Donald Trump’s administration, who employs healthcare officials with no medical training like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., equal access to reproductive care is threatened.
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Recommended Citation
Lindenfelser, Emma; Nti-Agyemang, Nenette; Davis, Ellen; and Garaeva, Yulia, "Rape Pregnancies and Consequent PTSD Resulting From The Overturning of Roe v. Wade" (2025). Research Days Posters 2025. 101.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/research_days_posters_2025/101
