Abigail Pesta writs for The Daily Beast: “[Detroit Prosecutor Kym] Worthy is leading a charge to investigate more than 11,000 police ‘rape kits’ — which contain swabs of semen, saliva, and other evidence of rape — so the rapists can be brought to justi…
Lynn Paltrow writes on RH Reality Check: “The fact that rape can result in pregnancy is not only confirmed by scientists and by the lived experience of women, it is so well known that rape and forced pregnancy are used as conscious and deliberate tools o…
Anti-violence legislation may never be perfect, and many of the neediest women will suffer without ever knowing what recourse the law guarantees them. That’s a tragedy. But when survivors, advocacy groups and legislators can pinpoint ways to expand legal protections and improve programs to those underserved populations, responsible lawmakers should follow through.
Longtime NOW activist Ben Atherton-Zeman writes for the Ms. Magazine blog: “Daniel Tosh makes jokes that support rape culture and he’s defended as a ‘nice guy’ while feminists are threatened with rape for pointing it out. Joe Paterno is accused of partic…
The Washington Post reports: “For more than two decades, colleges and universities have been required to publicly share details of campus crimes and report murders, rapes, robberies, arson and other serious offenses to the federal government. That requir…
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