The Missouri Senate finally perfected legislation establishing certain rights for victims of sexual assault after an earlier amendment stymied its progress in the upper chamber.
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Meet Miriam Joelson, the Missouri state organizer for Rise, a nonprofit advocating for civil rights protections for sexual assault survivors nationwide.
“Survivors will no longer have to suffer in silence. They will finally have the resources and support needed to find closure.”
Since late December of 2019, over 1,000 untested sexual assault kits from across the state have been gathered and sent to a private lab to be tested.
Amid the COVID-19 discussions, the state Senate unanimously approved a bill with a bevy of protections for sexual assault survivors.
Missouri could establish a litany of protections, including the right to a counselor, in law for victims of sexual violence this year.