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The Survivors' Bill of Rights Act of 2016 (Pub. L. 114–236 (text)) is a landmark civil rights and victims rights legislation in the United States that establishes, for the first time, statutory rights in federal code for survivors of sexual assault and rape. The law impacts nearly 25 million estimated rape survivors in the United States. [1]
Rape is a traumatic experience that affects the victim (survivor) in a physical, psychological, and sociological way. Even though the effects and aftermath of rape differ among victims, individuals tend to suffer from similar issues found within these three categories.
December 14, 1986. (1986-12-14) (aged 25) Miami, Florida, U.S. Cheryl Ann Araujo (March 28, 1961 – December 14, 1986) was a Portuguese-American woman from New Bedford, Massachusetts, who was gang-raped in 1983 at age 21 by four men in a tavern in the city. Her case became national news and drew widespread attention to media coverage of rape ...
An Indiana doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim sued Indiana's attorney general on Thursday, demanding an end to investigations seeking medical records about patients ...
The Hacienda HealthCare sexual abuse case was a high-profile sexual abuse case involving an incapacitated disabled woman who was raped many times and impregnated by a licensed practical nurse at the Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Although the investigation took place in 2021, the sexual abuse was long-term, and ...
A rape kit collects DNA samples after sexual assault, but many experts discourage victims from using at-home kits. (Getty Images) (Chicago Tribune via Getty Images) Rape kits have been a divisive ...
In an Ohio court room, a judge charged a 27-year-old Columbus man after police say he confessed to raping a 10-year-old girl on at least two occasions. The 10-year-old victim was taken to a ...
t. e. Rape trauma syndrome (RTS) is the psychological trauma experienced by a rape survivor that includes disruptions to normal physical, emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal behavior. The theory was first described by nurse Ann Wolbert Burgess and sociologist Lynda Lytle Holmstrom in 1974. [1] RTS is a cluster of psychological and physical ...