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  National Defense Authorization Act Includes Sweeping Reforms

  Reform removes serious crime prosecution from military command | Members of the U.S. armed forces aren’t held accountable by the civilian court system, but instead by ... read more

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  Revenge Porn Meets the Law: Federal Protections for Victims

  A federal law on nonconsensual distribution of sexual images, or “revenge porn,” is poised to become law | Forty-eight states, the District of Columbia, and one U.S. t... read more

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  Jennifers' Law Addresses Coercive Control in Family Court

  Connecticut is the third state to include this tactic of abuse in their definition of domestic violence after two murders make headlines | Connecticut Governor Ned Lam... read more

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  Should Sex Work Be Legalized?

  Advocacy groups debate over how best to help sex workers, many of whom are survivors of abuse and violence | Leaving abuse can mean that while survivors may be safer, ... read more

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  Canada Nonprofit Moves Survivors for Free

  Shelter Movers helps leaving an abusive partner a little less worrisome | When domestic violence survivors make the brave decision to leave an abusive partner and go i... read more

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  An Order of Protection Should Mean No Guns

  Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act would close a deadly loophole | The most dangerous time for a domestic violence survivor is when they decide to ... read more

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  Majority of Young People Have Moved Back Home

  Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean domestic violence in young adults is lessening | The number of young adults who are moving back in with their parents has skyrocketed ... read more

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  Finally, New Brain Injury Study Focuses on Survivors of DV

  TBIs in survivors often go undetected—but advocates are trying to change that | More attention and, accordingly, research have gone into the prevention and treatment o... read more

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  The 5 Largest Single-Day Marches in History

  Marches bring people together in a noteworthy display of unification | As a society, we’ve long marched for change—to demand equal rights, stop the bloodshed of gun vi... read more

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  Should Shelter Locations Be Made Public?

  Domestic violence shelters often keep their locations confidential. But some are public—and they have positive outcomes to report | When we think about domestic violen... read more

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  Do Stand Your Ground Laws Apply to DV Survivors?

  How self-defense laws help victims of abuse and how they don’t | Self-defense laws in every state are designed to help protect would-be victims of assault from prosecu... read more

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  Officers Charged with Domestic Violence Still Have Guns

  How law enforcement skirts the Lautenberg Amendment | Studies show that abusers who have access to a gun are 500 percent more likely to kill their partners than abuser... read more

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  Don't Use Domestic Violence Victims to Derail Police Reform

  Claims that “defunding the police” will harm women ignore dire problems in policing gender-based crimes today | As activists demonstrate across the country to protest ... read more

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  Turning Off the News is Self-Care

  For many, including survivors of violence, the daily download of bad news can be triggering | In today’s rapidly changing environment, it’s natural to want to stay inf... read more

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  Women Serve Longer Prison Sentences After Killing Abusers

  When men kill the women they’re abusing, statistics say they get out sooner | In 2017 in North Carolina, a man convicted of stabbing his pregnant wife to death in thei... read more