2 posts tagged ‘sexual violence’
Mariska Hargitay shares experience with sexual assault in emotional personal essay
AV Club,
Mariska Hargitay may have years of experience playing a detective who helps seek justice for survivors of rape and sexual assault on television, but until recently she had a hard time processing that part of her own identity. This revelation comes from a personal essay that the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actor… Read more...
Her Story Helped Elect a Pro-Choice Governor. Now She’s Fighting for a Rape Exception to Kentucky's Abortion Ban.
Jezebel,
In the summer of 2022, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Hadley Duvall wrote a Facebook post about being impregnated after her stepfather raped her when she was 12 years old. Duvall, who’s now 21, eventually miscarried the rape-induced pregnancy. That was the first time she publicly shared her story, she… Read more...