BEYOND STUPAK - the shocking fertility control provisions in health care reform legislation
Although government research shows that poverty is not correlated with family size -- and that childbearing does not cause poverty -- current health care legislation seeks to tell low-income women how many children to have and when to have them. Contact your legislators to urge them to reject these misguided provisions. Read More and Take Action!
MA: Sexual Assault Services Slashed
Earlier this month Governor Deval Patrick cut $1 million (one third of the budget) from the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program. This cut will mean the near elimination of a crucial system of coordinated care for survivors of sexual violence. Read More and Take Action!
Domestic Violence Identity Change Petition
In 1998 the Social Security Administration announced a program to aid domestic violence survivors by allowing them to obtain new social security numbers. No doubt thousands of lives have been saved since this program has been developed. But problems with the program are beginning to surface and must be addressed so that survivors who depend on this last resort option can remain safe. Read More and Take Action!
Shattered Hearts: Sexual Trafficking of American Indian Women and Girls in Minnesota
Police reports from Duluth showed that Native girls were being lured off reservations, taken onto ships in port, beaten, and gang-raped. Native girls were being trafficked into prostitution, pornography, and strip shows over state lines and to Mexico. This is the first report of commercial sexual exploitation of American Indian women and girls. More
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BEYOND STUPAK - the shocking fertility control provisions in health care reform legislation

November 23, 2009
Although government research shows that poverty is not correlated with family size -- and that childbearing does not cause poverty -- current health care legislation seeks to tell low-income women how many children to have and when to have them. Contact your legislators to urge them to reject these misguided provisions. Take Action Now!
Action Alert
MA: Sexual Assault Services Slashed

November 16, 2009
Earlier this month Governor Deval Patrick cut $1 million (one third of the budget) from the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program. This cut will mean the near elimination of a crucial system of coordinated care for survivors of sexual violence. Take Action Now!
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Shattered Hearts: Sexual Trafficking of American Indian Women and Girls in Minnesota
Minnesota American Indian Women's Resource Center, August 1, 2009
Police reports from Duluth showed that Native girls were being lured off reservations, taken onto ships in port, beaten, and gang-raped. Native girls were being trafficked into prostitution, pornography, and strip shows over state lines and to Mexico. This is the first report of commercial sexual exploitation of American Indian women and girls. More












