forcible rape
Hannity Tries To Whitewash GOP Bill's "Forcible Rape" Language
Standing Up for Servicewomen: Rape Survivors Deserve Access to Abortion Care
by Vicki Saporta, National Abortion Federation
November 28, 2011 - 2:27pm (Print)
Servicewomen rely on the military for their health care, but under current policy they are left to fend for themselves if they become pregnant after being raped.
Ester’s Eyes: Returning from Uganda’s War as a Bush Wife
by Stigma Shame and Sexuality Series, Gender Across Borders
September 21, 2011 - 2:24pm (Print)
Ester Abeja wants to show her face as a victim of gang rape, of abduction, of torture and daily violence, to be the image of a woman who has been forced to kill her own child and her own people.
Strauss-Kahn Released From House Arrest as Case Enters Legal Limbo
After a court hearing last Friday in New York, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, was released from house arrest. Although he still faces charges of sexual assault on a hotel maid, that such strong evidence against him appears to have been ignored in light of prejudices towards his victim is offensive to American women everywhere. Jeffrey Brown of PBS News reports on the latest developments in the high-profile case. Read Kathleen Reeves' article on the ordeal right here on our site.
They're Forcing "Forcible Rape" On Us Again
May 3, 2011 - 8:27pm (Print)
House Members are using a backdoor route to get their way on “forcible” rape using patently false claims about the law. It’s not the “longstanding policy” of the government to exclude victims of statutory rape. It’s “longstanding policy” to include them.
Is It "Reasonable" to Fear A Former Abuser?
by Amie Newman
February 8, 2011 - 7:15am (Print)
In a new bill, Washington State says if a woman has been a victim of domestic violence and seeks to extend a protection order against her abuser, the burden of proof needs to be on the abuser to show he's no longer dangerous - not on the victim to prove that her fear is "reasonable" or not.
