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President Obama Signs Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights Into Law

Originally published on People.com on October 11, 2016 By Diana Pearl. Last week, 24-year-old Amanda Nguyen changed the way the government handles sexual assault and rape. On Friday, President Obama signed the Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights — also known as H.R. 5578 — into law. The bill received…

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The U.S. Is One Step Closer to a Federal Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights

Originally published on Slate.com on September 7, 2016 By Christina Cauterucci. Sexual-assault survivors will soon have a federal bill of rights if Barack Obama signs a piece of legislation that has already passed through both chambers of Congress. The House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday requiring that…

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