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Take Action: Rape Is Not A Joke!
Tell Representative Pete DeGraaf that rape isn't something a woman should ever have to plan for.
Goal: 20,000
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Progress: 8,204
Sponsored by: The Breast Cancer Site
Rape isn't something we should have to prepare for. While it's always good to be aware of danger, no one should have to expect they may be raped in their lifetime. But if Representative Pete DeGraaf has his way, he'd have us think differently.
During a discussion about insurance coverage in the House of Representatives, Representative DeGraaf said a woman "needs to plan ahead" for potentially being impregnated during a rape and that she should purchase an expensive healthcare plan that would cover abortion just in case. He said, "We do need to plan ahead, don't we, in life?...I have spare tire on my car...I have a lot of things that I plan ahead for."
DeGraaf's comments compare rape to a completely unrelated issue. There are no correlations between buying rape insurance and carrying a spare tire.
Write to Representative DeGraaf asking him to apologize to the women he has offended with his irresponsible comments.
Dear Representative DeGraff,
I am highly offended by your comments comparing rape insurance to carrying a spare tire.
Rape is not something that anyone should have to plan for. No one should have to expect that they may one day in their lifetime be raped. And no woman should have to pay out of pocket for rape treatment. Your comments suggesting that all women should opt for expensive coverage that would cover a potential rape are appalling. We need to provide these women with treatment regardless.
Rape isn't something that should be viewed as the norm or as something we should prepare for. Rape is never the victim's fault, and therefore we should never put any responsibility on that person for what has happened to them. Asking them to pay for their own treatment is absolutely barbaric.
It is in your best interest to retract and apologize for your irresponsible, offensive comments. As a state representative, you should know better.
Sincerely,
Petition Signatures
May 12, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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May 11, 2013
Tori Dickson
May 9, 2013
Jeannette Austin
May 9, 2013
Sophie Gorman
May 8, 2013
Elizabeth Melton
May 7, 2013
Gary Herwig
May 5, 2013
Penny Pursley
May 4, 2013
Muriel Servaege
May 4, 2013
Deborah Ginsberg
May 4, 2013
Madelyne Beddoes
May 4, 2013
Kathy Hay
Your comments were completely uncalled for and insensitive.
May 3, 2013
Mary Thomas
Rape is no joke
May 3, 2013
Linda Borell
May 3, 2013
Janice Donahower
May 3, 2013
Morag Miller
May 3, 2013
John Sodrel
May 3, 2013
Imaan Bee
Apr 27, 2013
Karolina Kunka
Apr 27, 2013
Maxane Goldstein
Apr 27, 2013
marrianne gill
Apr 26, 2013
sandra patterson
Apr 25, 2013
Hillary Tietsworth
Apr 24, 2013
shelby petty
Apr 24, 2013
Annie Mangelli
Apr 24, 2013
Ambree Turner
You should be lucky that you have never been violated
Apr 23, 2013
TROY HANKERSON
Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
Kate Simms
Apr 22, 2013
Lauren Graham
As a rape survivor, I find your comments obscene. No doubt you are a stupid fundamentalist with an IQ equal to your shoe size. You are a repulsive excuse for a person.
Apr 22, 2013
Isabelle Alvarez
Apr 22, 2013
Joe Meyer
Apr 22, 2013
Isa Villanen
Rape is not the woman's fault. Raped women need protection and help, not charges and ridicule. As a rape victim myself, I know it takes quite a while to get over it even if the rapist got what he deserved: sentenced to jail.
Apr 22, 2013
victoria davila
Apr 22, 2013
macarena rivera
Apr 21, 2013
Amanda Davis
Apr 20, 2013
Stacey Calvert
Apr 18, 2013
cansel Cebeci
Apr 18, 2013
Nicholas & Janet Kenney
Apr 16, 2013
Candace Faggen
Apr 14, 2013
Amy Mulvany
Apr 14, 2013
Marie-laurence Yans
the same way, all men should plan ahead and contract specific health insurance to afford reconstructive bowel and anal life-saving reconstructive surgery?
Apr 13, 2013
shelly mckenzie
Apr 12, 2013
Sarah Collins
Apr 12, 2013
cris colombi
Apr 12, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
Arlo Jones
Apr 11, 2013
marilyn graziano
Apr 11, 2013
Nerry Jimenez
Apr 11, 2013
Laura Garcia
