In 1975, Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape explored pernicious cultural and legal attitudes about rape and helped debunk the long-held view that victims were partly to blame.
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Dozens of men are found guilty of raping a woman in France who was drugged to sleep
A French panel of judges found dozens of men guilty of raping a woman whose ex-husband had drugged her unconscious over the course of a decade.
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Many state abortion bans include exceptions for rape. How often are they granted?
Since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022, one study estimates there’s been nearly 65,000 pregnancies from rape in states that ban abortion.
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Ex-Massachusetts deputy chief indicted on child rape charge
A former Massachusetts deputy police chief is being charged with the rape of a child that occurred when he was a school resource officer nearly 20 years ago. The Middlesex County District Attorney’s office announced Monday that former Hopkinton Deputy Chief of Police, John “Jay” Porter, 54, has been indicted on three charges of rape of a child. Authorities say Porter allegedly assaulted a student while he was assigned as a school resource officer in the Town of Hopkinton school system in 2004 and 2005, when the victim was a 15-year-old student. It’s unclear if Porter is being represented by an attorney. An arraignment has not yet been scheduled.
