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MI HR0324
Resolution
Status
9/20/2012
Primary Sponsor
Lisa Brown
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AI Summary
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Condemns remarks by U.S. Representative Todd Akin and others in the Republican Party for diminishing the severity of rape and marginalizing victims and survivors.
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Objects to language distinguishing "legitimate rape" and "forcible rape" as harmful terminology that lessens the severity of sexual assault crimes.
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Cites 4,300 rape victims in Michigan with only 631 arrests (14.7 percent arrest rate) and notes that over 76 percent of victims knew their attackers.
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Opposes the Republican platform position denying rape survivors abortion access based on "fundamental right to life" of an embryo and support for a human life amendment.
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Requires copies of the resolution be sent to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House, and Michigan's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
A resolution to condemn the remarks of United States Representative Todd Akin, and comments like his, and the position of the national Republican party to diminish the severity of rape and marginalize its victims and survivors.
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Government Operations
9/20/2012