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The Trump administration's change could have significant repercussions for millions of domestic violence and sexual assault victims
Trump administration rolling back womens rights by 50 years by changing definitions of domestic violence and sexual assault
'I was massively surprised and really shocked. Its quite scary how quietly its happened. Its a massive step backwards. We have literally gone back to the 70s,' says academic
Maya Oppenheim
Women's Correspondent @mayaoppenheim
Thursday 24 January 2019 17:47
Donald Trumps decision to change definitions of domestic violence and sexual assault has rolled back womens 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.
The change could have significant repercussions for millions of victims of gender-based violence.
The Trump Justice Departments definition only considers physical harm that constitutes a felony or misdemeanour to be domestic violence meaning other forms of domestic violence such as psychological abuse, coercive control and manipulation no longer fall under the departments definition.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-domestic-abuse-sexual-assault-definition-womens-rights-justice-department-a8744546.html?fbclid=IwAR2JGwSwW-eKdhsuJGySNWtP5NCGW96Or4kPM56x1YoTwvx2UHOP21VGOIw
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)And psychological abuse, for that matter.
The United States is going to spend years ferreting out this regulatory bullshit and excising it from the government.
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Just today, he applauded Pompous for his outrageous and disgusting attack on the NPR reporter. As if that's some badge of honor. Pompous is nothing more than a boorish thug with a foul mouth.
Scotch-Irish
(464 posts)The man has too many issues to count.
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/07/29/chilling-inaction-domestic-violence-russia-endangering-womens-lives
Volaris
(10,272 posts)And l good lot of these very same republicans who support this man-child actually tried to impeach bill clinton for a CONSENSUAL blowjob.
Figures...
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)What part does the Justice Dept play in domestic abuse cases? Isn't that a local issue? Maybe its just late and I'm tired, but I just don't see the FBI getting involved?
lunatica
(53,410 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Men giving themselves and each other the permission to commit crimes against women. No wonder Trump and company were yucking up Pompeos inexcusable behavior against the NPR reporter. The good old boys club, putting women in their place. Turning the world into a mens locker room again.
I want to throw up.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I just want to scream. I am so tired of this shit and I feel like we are powerless to do anything about it. Everyone says that we have the power of the vote, which I plan to exercise.
However, I don't even believe in that anymore because I am certain they will cheat to win and even if he loses, he will refuse to leave. I don't know when I have ever felt such despair about the state of our nation as I do right now.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)We have to turn all this turmoil into focused strength. We are uniting against him and were not sitting idly by without fighting back. From the beginning sane people have fought back. We do not hear about that but its happening. We have to believe we can win because we may very well do so.