More wonderful news about Palin!

[walkinginthenight]

Palin on Rape Exams: Not the Taxpayer's Problem
or:
While Mayor, Sarah Palin Charged Rape Victims for Their Own Justice

I added the first article to the second one because it makes the connection between Palin and this policy clearer - She fired the existing chief of police in Wasilla, appointed a new one (Charlie Fannon), and he decided that this policy would be a good idea. She didn't oppose his decision. People may say that she wasn't paying attention. Well, she also claimed in another famous quotation that with a six million dollar budget, being mayor wasn't rocket science. If she wasn't aware of a change like that, she wasn't doing her job to begin with!

Besides, rape kits are for collecting evidence at a crime scene, not a part of the medical treatment that may happen afterwards! We don't charge for this in any other situation.

Grr.

Comments

[frankiejlh.livejournal.com]

Thanks for finding the first article there. I'm going to put it up as an ETA on my post too (so, yanno, the vast overlap between our flists can see both articles twice ;)).

[jendaby.livejournal.com]

I have no words. Just nausea. How awful. :(