Wasilla billed victims for cost of rape kits

[madbrian]

Wasilla billed victims for cost of rape kits#1

Posted: 9/9/08 at 10:14pm

In 2000, Alaska's governor (Palin's predecessor) passed a law barring counties and municipalities from charging rape victims for the cost of rape kits. One of the towns that had been charging victims - Wasilla.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-schmeltzer/palins-wasilla-to-rape-vi_b_125047.html

"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg." -- Thomas Jefferson

[TheHumanTorch]

re: Wasilla billed victims for cost of rape kits#2

Posted: 9/9/08 at 10:49pm

this is absolutely disgusting... if only Charlie Gibson were a real journalist...

[JohnBoy2]

re: Wasilla billed victims for cost of rape kits#2

Posted: 9/9/08 at 10:50pm

Rape kits don't come free.

[Maraclea2]

re: Wasilla billed victims for cost of rape kits#3

Posted: 9/9/08 at 10:51pm

Freakin' Alaskans. They want everything handed to them.

But you are, my love, the astronaut/ Flying in the face of science/ I will gladly stay an afterthought/ Just bring back some nice reminders

[mejusthavingfun]

re: Wasilla billed victims for cost of rape kits#4

Posted: 9/9/08 at 11:02pm

I wonder if you prepay?

[BigFatBlonde]

re: Wasilla billed victims for cost of rape kits#5

Posted: 9/9/08 at 11:05pm

Isn't Alaska the state with the largest number of rape cases per capita in the US?

What great ones do the less will prattle of

[brdlwyr]

re: Wasilla billed victims for cost of rape kits#6

Posted: 9/9/08 at 11:21pm

Brian, no one even cares about this. Palin is "refreshing" and a "maverick." She is a hockey mom with lipstick. Millions of women are willing to sacrifice the liberty and future of their own daughters to get back at the chauvinistic Democrats for not nominating HC.

[Magdalene]

re: Wasilla billed victims for cost of rape kits#7

Posted: 9/10/08 at 9:20am

Isn't Alaska the state where they PAY people to live there?

"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"

[keen on kean]

re: Wasilla billed victims for cost of rape kits#8

Posted: 9/10/08 at 11:14am

Without getting into the politics here (because I am going to live in an underground fortress until this election is over), it is my understanding that the police actually bill the victim's medical insurance company as rape kits are usually processed by the same medical labs that process other hospital tests. That is one of the reasons why the exam is customarily performed in a hospital or Op setting by medical and not police personnel.