Maine lawmaker pushes bill to establish rape kit tracking amid federal funding uncertainty
A bill calling for a rape kit tracking system was passed by the Maine House and Senate last year but was ultimately not ...
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Colorado lawmakers are close to allowing CBI funding to roll over and help with rape kit backlog
Approximately 1,400 sex assault cases are waiting on results. State Representative Jenny Willford, D-Adams County, says one of those cases is her own.
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Understanding date rape drugs
That is the number of women in the United States that have reported completed or attempted rape during their lifetime — 21% of the population, about 1 in every 5 women [1].
SC rape and violence crisis centers face crisis of their own if federal funding goes away
The Trump administration's funding freeze has already impacted rape and violence crisis centers in South Carolina. Here's ...
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Logan Square Sexual Assault Victims Speak Out As Attacker Remains At Large: ‘Nobody’s Gonna Save You’
Women want more people to know about the attacks and are banding together to pressure law enforcement to find the man ...
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Ending sexual violence: How Tennessee’s Sexual Assault Center works toward this goal through education, advocacy, support services
Someone in the United States is sexually assaulted every 68 seconds, according to the RAINN, a national anti-sexual violence organization. However, this better world is the vision of the Sexual ...
Rate of child sexual assault in New Brunswick 2nd highest in Canada
The incidence of child sexual harm is a longstanding issue for New Brunswick — and the crime can have lifelong consequences, ...
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Military Halts Sexual Assault Prevention Training Post-Trump DEI Order
Some military branches have paused sexual assault prevention trainings after President Donald Trump signed an executive order ...
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Utah's call for action: Addressing sexual assault through prevention and support
This legislative session, the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault is asking for the help of Utahns to contact their ...
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50 years of The Compass Center
A nonprofit that helps victims of domestic violence and sexual assault has hit the 50-year-mark. Candy Hanson remembers the early days of The Compass Center, dating ...
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Self-collection rape evidence kits will be available soon in Terrace
A Victoria woman has developed a self-collection kit for victims of sexual assault, which will soon be available at the 'Ksan Society's several locations in Terrace, B.C., free of cost. “The paceKit ...