The Milford Bank to Sponsor a Collection Drive for the Rape Crisis Center of Milford
"When
a victim goes to the hospital after an assault, they can participate in an
evidence collection procedure which requires them to leave their clothing.
Victim Support Packages are brought by an advocate of the Rape Crisis Center so
the victim can leave the hospital with dignity. This serves as a stepping stone
to healthy recovery."
Items needed are:
light weight pants
sweat pants
elastic-waist shorts
sweat shirts
t-shirts
white low cut socks
underwear
all in sizes, especially large and extra-large
flip flops
comb/brush set
toothbrush/toothpaste set
water
Gatorade
individual tissue packs
mall hand sanitizer
individual snacks
like granola bars or crackers. No nut products please.
Linda
McMahon Would Block Timely Access to Care for Rape Survivors
McMahon
Called Out for Insensitive Statements
NEW HAVEN, CT— Christian
Miron, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut, condemned Linda
McMahon for her disregard for certain survivors of rape. In an interview
with the Hartford Courant’s editorial board last week, McMahon said she
would side with hospitals over women. McMahon would allow hospitals that
oppose emergency contraception to turn away a rape survivor for the care she
requests.
“It couldn’t
make things more clear: Linda McMahon is bad for Connecticut women. She
thinks it okay to send rape survivors seeking emergency care to another
hospital in the middle of the night rather than give them the prompt medical
attention and compassion they deserve,” Miron said.
In 2007,
Connecticut passed legislation requiring licensed health-care facilities, like
hospital emergency rooms, to provide emergency contraception (EC) to survivors
of sexual assault upon request. “This bill passed overwhelmingly with
bi-partisan support and was signed into law by then-Gov. Jodi Rell,” Miron
said. “In Connecticut, there is widespread support for this law and the
values it reflects.
Studies show
EC is 95 percent effective in preventing pregnancy when taken within the first
24 hours after an assault. “Linda McMahon clearly doesn’t appreciate that
time is of the essence and sending a woman to another hospital to obtain EC
reduces the efficacy of the medication,” Miron said.
Miron
noted this is the latest in a growing trend of anti-women positions articulated
by Linda McMahon.
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NARAL Pro-Choice Connecticut is the
leading grassroots pro‑choice advocacy organization in Connecticut. NARAL Pro‑Choice
Connecticut works to protect every woman’s right to access the full range of
reproductive health options, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing
healthy children, and choosing legal abortion.
Women protest anti-abortion bills in Va. by locking arms, standing mute outside state Capitol
By Associated Press, Updated: Monday, February 20, 4:46 PM
RICHMOND, Va. — Hundreds of women have locked arms and stood mute outside the Virginia State Capitol to protest a wave of anti-abortion legislation coursing through the 2012 General Assembly.
Capitol and state police officers, there to ensure order, estimated the crowd to be more than 1,000 people — mostly women. The crowd formed a human cordon through which legislators walked before Monday’s floor sessions of the Republican-controlled legislature.
The group was protesting bills that would cut off state aid to poor women seeking abortions, define embryos as humans and criminalize their destruction, and require “transvaginal” ultrasounds of women seeking abortions. In the procedure, a wand-like device is inserted and used to send out sound waves.
None of the protesters carried posters. Few spoke, even when spoken to. Richmond resident Molly Vick wore a shirt that read, “Say no to state mandated rape.”
The AP doesn't want this re-posted but I just gotta.
