Tag: The Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act The STOP Act
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The Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act The STOP Act
Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco, San Mateo) introduced legislation on November 16, 2011 to dramatically reform how sexual assaults and rape in the military are treated (download bill summary.) Speier stated, “For too long the military’s response to rape victims has been: ‘take an aspirin and go to bed.’ We owe our brave women and men…