Julia Conley is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
A new study links abortion restrictions to an increased risk that pregnant people will be murdered by their intimate partners—and since researchers examined laws that were in place before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and cleared the way for statewide abortion bans , the authors warn that the threat may be even greater than the analysis shows.
The newspaper reported that the research 'is almost certainly an underestimate of the potential risk to pregnant and postpartum women, because intimate partner violence is generally underreported.'The study is the latest research illustrating 'the horrific reality for women in America,' said U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin .
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