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Not needed, there is 911 free of charge. --- Most rapes go unreported. A lot of women do not want to report an assault to the police, but still need support and medical care.
Not needed, prosecutors will prosecute a violent offender at no charge. What victims need assistance with are going to the courthouse and submitting protective orders, and legal advice on how to get out of dangerous situations.
"For the first time since 1994, the Violence Against Women Act is no more. It was approved by the Senate in April but now House GOP have blocked the bill.
Proponents of the law hope to revive the law in the new Congress, starting from scratch, but in the meantime, there will be far fewer resources available for state and local governments to combat domestic violence."
So the options are either "support VAWA" or "hate women"?
There's no possibility that the act was simply poor legislation?
Why is it either support affirmative action or you're a racist, support Obamacare or you want children to die in the streets, support welfare without work requirements or you hate poor people, support tax increases or you don't care about the middle class?
If you tried framing a question with at least some modicum of intellectual honesty, you might actually get a useful response.
--- Most rapes go unreported. A lot of women do not want to report an assault to the police, but still need support and medical care.
She can go to a hospital and get treated. If she doesn't want to report it, then there is probably a reason including culpability (it was provoked) or she wants the relationship to survive. I think in both cases her wishes should be honored.
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Not needed, prosecutors will prosecute a violent offender at no charge. What victims need assistance with are going to the courthouse and submitting protective orders, and legal advice on how to get out of dangerous situations.
That's what's the police are for. As soon as she reports the crime they will give her the necessary steps. What we don't need is a bunch of frivolous middle - men, holding women's hands, on my tax dollars.
So the options are either "support VAWA" or "hate women"?
There's no possibility that the act was simply poor legislation?
Why is it either support affirmative action or you're a racist, support Obamacare or you want children to die in the streets, support welfare without work requirements or you hate poor people, support tax increases or you don't care about the middle class?
If you tried framing a question with at least some modicum of intellectual honesty, you might actually get a useful response.
I don't think it's poor legislation, given that it has passed for decades. I believe this current crop of far-right Republicans in the House are holding it up because they do not want to allow Native Americans to prosecute domestic violence offenders or something like that. I haven't yet determined why they are blocking the bill, other than block just about everything.
She can go to a hospital and get treated. If she doesn't want to report it, then there is probably a reason including culpability (it was provoked) or she wants the relationship to survive. I think in both cases her wishes should be honored.
That's what's the police are for. As soon as she reports the crime they will give her the necessary steps. What we don't need is a bunch of frivolous middle - men, holding women's hands, on my tax dollars.
Well, you provide a great example of why a lot of women don't want to report sexual assault, because of attitudes like you express above.
The police do not assist women in all of the issues surrounding domestic violence----they are there to enforce the law, not provide support and assistance and guidance.
Politics is the reason, pure and simple. Of course, no men are ever beaten by women in the home. Well according to left leaners that is the fact.
This is true unless they are in a gay relationship that is. They think that most men are the abusers and do not understand that most women do stay with the abusers through many instances when they should leave.
That is a stastical fact. They dont want to help men at all they want to talk the women into leaving the men.
It really makes no sense if they want to stay then they should get the help to do so. It is not about what is best for the advocate but what is best for each client and their situation
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