Dozens of sexual assault survivors who were “improperly” billed for their rape kit exams by Brooklyn Hospital Center will be reimbursed, according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
There are many online resources about pelvic exams, but they're not always reassuring. As a woman who was raped many years ago I went online to find reassurance, and what I read had the opposite effect. But I'm happy to say that the exam was fine, I didn't notice any discomfort, there was no pain and I felt respected.…
A woman with a pacemaker was arrested and banned from the Austin airport this week for refusing a TSA patdown of her breasts. Claire Hirschkind, 56, says she's a rape victim and that her constitutional rights were violated.
There were no major junk-touching skirmishes reported from airports this Thanksgiving travel weekend. But that doesn't mean the pushback is over, not with resurgent reports of young mothers and menstruating women, among others, grabbing headlines.
