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Sexual Assault Awareness Month Event At Safe Berks Pennsylvania

HHS guts sexual violence prevention division, leaving local efforts adrift

5:15am April 08, 2025

The CDC teams that supported local sexual assault prevention groups were 'wiped out' in RFK Jr.'s overhaul of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Dozens of men are found guilty in mass rape case of French woman drugged by her husband

4:22am December 19, 2024

A French court found dozens of men guilty of raping Gisèle Pelicot, whose then-husband repeatedly drugged her unconscious over the course of a decade. Her ex-husband was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

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In France, a family reckons with World War II Allies' legacy of rape and murder

11:05am November 16, 2024

In 1944, as Allied troops celebrated D-Day victory, a French family experienced a trauma that would be felt for generations: a murder and sexual assault so traumatic they are only now coming to terms with it.

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Many state abortion bans include exceptions for rape. How often are they granted?

7:00am October 26, 2024

Since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022, one study estimates there’s been nearly 65,000 pregnancies from rape in states that ban abortion.

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The rape and murder of a female doctor in India sets off an outcry over women's safety

12:58pm August 26, 2024

The young woman was raped and murdered while on break from a 36-hour hospital shift. Women who work in health care — and other fields — are calling for changes to protect them from sexual violence.

Chaim Otmazgin, 50, poses for a portrait in his home in Petah Tikva, Israel.

An Israeli responder's work on Oct. 7 shows the challenges of investigating atrocities

1:20pm March 08, 2024

by Becky Sullivan

Israel says Palestinian attackers committed sexual violence on Oct. 7. Some accounts of rape were substantiated by a U.N. report, but the allegations continue to face intense scrutiny.

The scene at the U.S. Supreme Court on the day it overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Researchers estimate that 64,565 rape-caused pregnancies have occurred in states that banned abortion since then.

Raped, pregnant and in an abortion ban state? Researchers gauge how often it happens

4:36pm January 24, 2024

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

Researchers estimate nearly 65,000 rape-caused pregnancies have happened in states with abortion bans in effect since Roe v. Wade was overturned. The report is in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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British media report rape and emotional abuse allegations against Russell Brand

2:52pm September 16, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

The British entertainer denies the allegations, put forward in a join investigation by the the U.K.'s Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4.

Dr. Denis Mukwege is a gynecologist, Nobel Peace Prize winner and advocate against sexual violence in conflict zones like his homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is now speaking out against the reports of rapes committed by Russian soldiers dur

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Fighting the horror of wartime rape, Nobel Peace Prize winner won't give up hope

3:23pm May 18, 2022

by Malaka Gharib

Dr. Denis Mukwege has spent decades treating women who have been raped in his homeland of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He's calling on the world to take action for women in Ukraine.

Demonstrators in Krakow, Poland, hold a banner reading "Legal Abortion Without Compromise" at a December 2021 protest. Poland has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.

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U.N. and advocates raise concerns of abortion access for Ukrainian refugees in Poland

9:10pm May 17, 2022

by Patrick Adams

Poland's abortion laws are among the strictest in Europe. Advocates are seeking to help Ukrainian refugees who wish to terminate a pregnancy — including women raped by Russian soldiers during the war.