How the Texas ban on most abortions is harming survivors of rape and incest – By Ashely Lopez (NPR) / Nov 15 2021
The SAFE Alliance in Austin helps survivors of child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence. Back before Texas’ new abortion law went into effect, the organization counseled a 12-year-old girl who had been repeatedly raped by her father.
Piper Stege Nelson, chief public strategies officer for the SAFE Alliance, says the father didn’t let the young girl leave the house.
“She got pregnant,” Nelson says. “She had no idea about anything about her body. She certainly didn’t know that she was pregnant.”
The girl was eventually able to get help, but if this had happened after Sept. 1, when the state law went into effect, her options would have been severely curtailed, Nelson says.
