The War on Women Warriors' Reachout: 700 New Laws to Regulate Women's Bodies

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Louisiana billing rape victims is ‘political extortion’ to stop prosecutions

The National Organization for Women (NOW) chapter in Louisiana has reacted with outrage, and called on the state to help rape victims on Monday after a report revealed that hospitals had started charging them for emergency care.

The Times-Picayune reported last week that rape victims had once been treated for free, but they were now being billed as much as $4,000 by some hospitals.

In one case, a New Orleans college student woke up nude in a public place, and officials urged her to be treated at a local hospital. Although she was assured that she would not be charged, she received a $2,254 bill a year later.

Amanda Tonkovich, coordinator New Orleans Sexual Assault Response Team, told The Times-Picayune that Interim LSU used to cover the costs of pregnancy tests and STD tests, but the policies at the hospital changed last year after the state legislature turned the hospital over to LCMC Health, a private company.

Local parishes are required by state law to cover forensic exams, but not other medical care.

In a statement on Sunday, Louisiana NOW President Charlotte Klasson blasted the new policy as “a form of political extortion to discourage the pursuit of prosecution of crimes of sexual assault.”

“Anticipating a $2,000 medical bill is really going to discourage them from going to the hospital. Not just reporting it to law enforcement, but even getting your medical needs met,”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/w...e+Raw+Story%29

Privatization SUCKS!

Repug/red state Louisiana SUCKS!

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Today In GOP Outreach: Voting Is Just Like Buying A Dress

The latest pitch comes from the College Republican National Committee, which launched a new ad campaign on Wednesday to target young women.

“How do you reach the generation that has their earbuds in and their minds turned off to traditional advertising?” CRNC national chairman Alex Smith asked The Wall Street Journal. “It’s our goal to start the conversation by presenting ourselves in a culturally relevant way.”

If the campaign’s first ad is any indication, they have a long way to go. video

http://www.nationalmemo.com/today-gop-outreach-voting-just-like-buying-dress/