I Watched Brett Kavanaugh Get Confirmed While I Waited For My Rape Kit
On Oct. 6, I was waiting to have a rape kit performed when shocking headlines flashed across the multiple flat-screen televisions in the hospital waiting room: “SENATE CONFIRMS BRETT KAVANAUGH AS SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, 50-48.” I had already been waiting for hours when I was transferred from my local hospital to one that could administer the Sexual Assault Nurse Evaluation, or SANE. I was tired, cold and wanted to go home. In that moment, I realized just how little our current government cared about me and other sexual assault survivors. The ...
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