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...from a web search AI summary of "How many Forced or Coerced pregnancies are there each year?"...
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AI Overview

Estimating the precise number of forced or coerced pregnancies worldwide each year is challenging due to the hidden and sensitive nature of the issue. However, research provides some insights into the prevalence:

In the United States:

Rape and Sexual Coercion: An estimated over 5.9 million U.S. women have experienced a pregnancy resulting from rape, sexual coercion, or both during their lifetimes.
Lifetime Prevalence of Rape-Related Pregnancy: 3.4 million women in the U.S. have become pregnant as a result of rape during their lifetimes.

Intimate Partner Violence and Coercion: Intimate partners coerce thousands of women in the U.S. into pregnancy annually through various abusive tactics, including manipulation, threats, and interference with contraception or abortion access.

Worldwide:

Unintended Pregnancies: Sexual activity without effective contraception, either by choice or coercion, is the leading cause of unintended pregnancies.

Global Unintended Pregnancy Rate: The worldwide unintended pregnancy rate is approximately 45% of all pregnancies, totaling around 120 million unintended pregnancies annually. While not all unintended pregnancies are forced or coerced, these circumstances significantly contribute to this number.

Important Considerations:

Data limitations: Gathering precise data on forced or coerced pregnancies is difficult due to the underreporting of sexual violence and the private nature of such experiences.
Diverse Forms of Coercion: Coercion can include various forms of abuse and manipulation beyond physical violence, such as pressure to become pregnant, interference with contraception, and threats.

Focus on Prevention: Efforts to address this issue emphasize preventing intimate partner violence and ensuring access to comprehensive reproductive health services, including trauma-informed care.

While an exact yearly number is elusive, the provided information indicates that forced or coerced pregnancies are a significant issue impacting the lives of thousands of women annually.
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This is why the vast majority of Americans believe access to abortion should be legal and available "Under Certain Circumstances"...like Forced or Coerced Pregnacies...on the order of 90%...even in Catholic surveys. Note that given the limited time before 'Personhood' is generally accepted, there is no time for a legal judgement as to whether an abortion request is justified as Forced or Coerced...ergo, Abortion needs to be available to all women seeking it.

As I've mentioned many times, our goal needs to be the reduction in the number of abortions through a reduction in unwanted pregnancies...a) Contraception...b) Sex/Sexuality Education of all ages (even adults)...c) funded programs that make it feasible for women to carry pregnancies to term...if they so choose.

Back to you...since Ned hasn't replied.