Trump administration ‘rolling back women’s rights by 50 years’ by changing definitions of domestic violence and sexual assault | The Independent

#WomensRightsAreHumanRights

Donald Trump’s decision to change definitions of domestic violence and sexual assault has rolled back women’s rights by half a century, campaigners have warned. The Trump administration quietly changed the definition of both domestic violence and sexual assault back in April but the move has only just surfaced.  
— Read on www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-domestic-abuse-sexual-assault-definition-womens-rights-justice-department-a8744546.html

Science Shift: Parent Alienation is Child Abuse and Violence

Science Shift: Parent Alienation is Child Abuse and Violence
— Read on protectingfathersforkids.com/law-/-psychology-blog/f/inaugural-piece

Do rapists have parental rights? Unfortunately, it varies by state.

Many cases of rapist seeing infant children .

Unsupervised .. it’s insanity

I drafted the law for my home state to terminate the parental rights of rapists. No matter your position on abortion bans, these laws must change.
— Read on www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/06/19/abortion-laws-bans-rape-parental-rights-column/1432450001/

879% drug price hike is one of 3,400 in 2019 so far; rate of hikes increasing | Ars Technica

Vulgar !

Despite public and political pressure, pharma keeps on ratcheting up prices.
— Read on arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/big-pharma-raising-drug-prices-even-more-in-2019-3400-hikes-as-high-as-879/

My goodness, Karen Woodall is full of… nonsense. – Dr. Craig Childress: Attachment Based “Parental Alienation” (AB-PA)

Karen recently posted a blog about Fairy Tales and splitting that was kind of all over the place, but the central premise is that she’s some sort of expert on “splitting” and she’s sort of simultaneously discovering splitting and reporting on her discovery. There’s so much nonsense being put forth, I need to address it. …
— Read on drcraigchildressblog.com/2019/07/07/my-goodness-karen-woodall-is-full-of-nonsense/

What separation from parents does to children: ‘The effect is catastrophic’ – The Washington Post

Trump’s border policy could cause long-term damage to children’s brains, experts warn
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/what-separation-from-parents-does-to-children-the-effect-is-catastrophic/2018/06/18/c00c30ec-732c-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html

Why It Matters How Powerful Men Treat Women | The New Republic

A rape allegation for Donald Trump, a domestic abuse allegation for Boris Johnson, and a filmed assault by Mark Field—all in the same week.
— Read on newrepublic.com/article/154274/matters-powerful-men-treat-women

NJ judge says Eagle scout’s assault of drunk girl not real rape

“At a house party with about 30 pajama-wearing adolescents drinking alcohol, a 16-year-old boy led a staggering-drunk teenage girl into a hidden corner of the basement and sexually assaulted her while recording it on his phone, prosecutors said.

Afterward, investigators said, the boy sent at least seven of his friends a copy of the clip with the caption: “When your first time having sex is rape.”

Prosecutors, calling the teen’s actions “cruel” and “sophisticated and predatory” beyond his age, want him to face justice in adult court.

A Family Court judge, however, didn’t think what happened to the girl was really rape and said prosecutors should have explained to the humiliated victim that pressing charges would ruin the life of her attacker — an Eagle scout with good grades from an “excellent school.”

In Middlesex County, Judge Marcia Silva had denied a waiver because she did not believe that a bleeding 12-year-old had suffered enough to warrant trying her 16-year-old perpetrator as an adult.

“Beyond losing her virginity, the state did not claim that the victim suffered any further injuries, either physical, mental or emotional,” Silva reasoned in a decision that shocked many readers after New Jersey 101.5 reported details of the cast last month.”

Another judge’s decision in a juvenile case is overturned. But a proposed law would give them more authority.
— Read on nj1015.com/nj-judge-says-eagle-scouts-sex-assault-of-drunk-girl-is-not-real-rape/