Legislation to process untested rape kits could protect victims and prevent future assaults, says sexual assault survivor.

The legislation requiring Mississippi emergency rooms to have a sufficient number of rape kits, and someone present to ...

Hundreds of rape kits are untested in Indiana, with a backlog longer than six months. House Bill 1413 hopes to change that.

House Bill 1413 would allocate $2.5 million to tackle the backlog of rape kits and require state police to provide an annual ...

For decades, Chicago police sergeant Louis Vitullo was credited with creating the sexual assault collection kit. But it was actually designed by Martha Goddard.