Each year, more than 25,000 women become pregnant after being raped. 16,000 of those unplanned pregnancies end in abortion. But, there is an alternative, one supported by most rape survivors and at least one state lawmaker.
“It was my second or third night there. My friends on the trip dragged me to the hospital. I didn’t even want to go. It never really occurred to me that this could result in pregnancy,” says Amanda Harrington, a 21-year-old UW student.