As mayor, Sarah Palin sought to charge victims for their rape kits.
Thank the Good Lord God that Palin and her lapdog Fannon were there to protect the good taxpayers of Wasilla from the murder-greedy wombs of all those Jezebels who were just begging to get themselves raped.
There is no moral reason for this legislation. It is, at best, lazy budget slashing. At worst, it's an attempt to limit the reproductive rights of women by denying them easy access to emergency contraception, which is often offered along with application of rape kits. Of course, she can't come out and just ban the emergency contraception, so she wraps it in the nice "Oh I was just trying to protect all you good taxpayers who aren't slutting around and tempting our good strong Alaskan men."
B-b-b-but Paul, we should really be focusing on McCain and Obama! After all, they're the presidential nominees.
Okay:
Nationally, victims' advocates have for years reported scattered instances of rape victims being required to pay for their forensic tests, says Ilse Knecht of the National Center for Victims of Crime in Washington. Those complaints have subsided somewhat after Congress in 2005 passed a law requiring states to provide rape exams free of charge or reimburse victims for the costs, says Knecht, whose group supported the provision.
"The reason we passed the legislation was that we saw it was prevalent enough to be a pretty considerable problem," Knecht says. "There are no other victims of crime that end up being billed for evidence collection."
The Senate version of the legislation that included the rape-exam provision was sponsored by Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was one of 58 co-sponsors; Republican presidential nominee John McCain was not.
There is no moral reason for this legislation. It is, at best, lazy budget slashing. At worst, it's an attempt to limit the reproductive rights of women by denying them easy access to emergency contraception, which is often offered along with application of rape kits. Of course, she can't come out and just ban the emergency contraception, so she wraps it in the nice "Oh I was just trying to protect all you good taxpayers who aren't slutting around and tempting our good strong Alaskan men."
B-b-b-but Paul, we should really be focusing on McCain and Obama! After all, they're the presidential nominees.
Okay:
Nationally, victims' advocates have for years reported scattered instances of rape victims being required to pay for their forensic tests, says Ilse Knecht of the National Center for Victims of Crime in Washington. Those complaints have subsided somewhat after Congress in 2005 passed a law requiring states to provide rape exams free of charge or reimburse victims for the costs, says Knecht, whose group supported the provision.
"The reason we passed the legislation was that we saw it was prevalent enough to be a pretty considerable problem," Knecht says. "There are no other victims of crime that end up being billed for evidence collection."
The Senate version of the legislation that included the rape-exam provision was sponsored by Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was one of 58 co-sponsors; Republican presidential nominee John McCain was not.