Paying for Rape Kits?

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Paying for Rape Kits?
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Tue, 09-16-2008 - 12:00pm

Does anyone have

 


 


I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-15-2008
Tue, 09-16-2008 - 12:31pm

this site mentions the original usa today article. if you google 'usa today palin rape' an article a link shows up but the page wont load for some reason so i havent been able to read it


http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/content/view/3382/2/


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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 09-16-2008 - 1:21pm

Found it, Thanks~


http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-10-rape-exams_N.htm


I'm going to think about this for a bit.

 


 


I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-11-2007
Tue, 09-16-2008 - 2:07pm
I saw this on the news and about fell over. What a slap in the face to a rape victim. The only thing I can think of when it comes to making a woman pay for her own rape kit, is to deter women from going to the police. It's like telling her, well even though this awful thing has happened to you, unless you pay for the kit, you might as well keep it to yourself. Is that really the message we, as citizens, really want to portray to our children and society?! Raping the poor is okay because they can't afford to notify the police or charge/convict the man for the crime? How sad.
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iVillage Member
Registered: 08-25-2008
Tue, 09-16-2008 - 2:23pm

If you actually go and check the files of Wasilla, you'll note that no one was ever actually charged for a rape kit.

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-05-2006
Tue, 09-16-2008 - 2:39pm

I went to the Wasilla web site and the current mayor had issued a statement that from 2000 to present no one has been charged for the rape kits.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 06-11-2007
Tue, 09-16-2008 - 2:43pm
It doesn't matter if anyone was ever charged the cost. What matters is the message that is sent when the state doesn't cover the cost.
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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 09-16-2008 - 5:10pm
If they go to a hospital for an exam someone has to pay for it.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 09-16-2008 - 5:19pm

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Yes, and I do believe it should be the District Attorney or the Police dept. that pays for the collection of evidence in a criminal investigation.

 


 


I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 09-16-2008 - 5:23pm

someone paid ... if it wasn't the victim (and it should not be) then someone did, my guess is the state.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 06-11-2007
Tue, 09-16-2008 - 5:28pm
It's absurd the prices they charge for everything. I was charged $200 in pain meds alone after my delivery. All I had was 600 mg Tylenol.
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