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. 1992 Jun;70(3 Pt 1):786.
doi: 10.2466/pr0.1992.70.3.786.

Correlation between rates of rape and abortion

P R Saucer

Correlation between rates of rape and abortion

P R Saucer. Psychol Rep. 1992 Jun.

Abstract

To test the argument made by abortion advocates that increases in unwanted pregnancies that are due to rape justify the need for legal abortions, a Pearson correlation was calculated between the forcible rape rates and the legal abortion rates in the USA for 1985. The calculation gave an r of .21, a nonsignificant value.

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