rape kits

Tech

DNA From Rape Kits Used to Arrest Victims Years Later, Officials Claim

02.15.22

By Samantha Cole
Pulse

How One State Wiped Out Its Huge Backlog of Rape Kits — and Why Others Haven’t

07.15.20

By Carter Sherman
Health

DIY Rape Kits Are a Terrible Idea, Says Basically Everyone

09.05.19

By Marie Solis
Pulse

Sexual assault survivors are forced to travel hours for rape kits, and Congress wants answers

12.11.18

By Alexandra Jaffe
Identity

Brooklyn Hospital Illegally Charged Women for Their Rape Exams

11.29.17

By Kimberly Lawson
Identity

Public Hospitals in NYC Have Destroyed Over 800 Rape Kits Since 2012

11.13.17

By Vanessa Nason
Identity

Rapists Can Be Forced to Pay for Victims’ Medical Exams, Colorado Court Rules

06.06.17

By Kimberly Lawson
Identity

Rape Victims Who Go to the Emergency Room Forced to Pay About $1,000 in Bills

04.21.17

By Kimberly Lawson
UBC Will be First University in British Columbia to Offer Rape Kits on Campus

09.20.16

By Hilary Beaumont
Identity

Congress Just Unanimously Passed the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights

09.08.16

By Kimberly Lawson
Pulse

Canada has a rape kit problem

07.28.16

By Hilary Beaumont
Pulse

Canada has a rape kit problem

07.28.16

By Hilary Beaumont

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