Tag Archives: military sexual assault
Is rape the new DADT? It sure is in the Coast Guard
TweetI am writing regarding an incident on the Open Guard USCG Facebook group page on July 26, 2012. A Coast Guard reserve member within the LGB community felt safe enough with Open Guard USCG to come out as a rape survivor. She expressed how she felt her rape was mishandled because of her sexual orientation. [...]
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The Other Front: Military Rape Survivors Denied Abortion Coverage
TweetBy Jessica Kenyon We are defending a Constitution that doesn’t apply to us. This was a phrase I heard often after I joined the U.S. Army in 2005. At the time, I didn’t realize just how true that would be. I was raped by a fellow soldier when I was stationed in Korea. I found [...]
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Heartless House Rejects No-Brainer Military Health Amendment
TweetBy Sarah Lipton-Lubet, Policy Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office The Davis-Andrews-DeGette-Maloney-Sanchez-Slaughter Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act should have been a no-brainer. It would have allowed the military health system to cover abortion care in cases of rape and incest – just as the federal government does in the Medicaid program, for federal employees [...]
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Defending the Rights of the Women Who Defend Us
TweetSarah Lipton-Lubet, Policy Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office Today, Reps. Susan Davis (D-Calif.), Robert D. Andrews (D-N.J.), Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) and Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) stood up for U.S. servicewomen, and submitted an amendment to the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act that would end the unconscionable policy of denying rape [...]
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Impact and Response: SAPR officials charged with sexual assault