Many people don’t understand how rape victims process their experiences, including acknowledging the rape, reporting the crime, handling a resulting pregnancy and how we love our children despite the way they were conceived. I’ve been silent for a long time due to the way the military handled everything after I reported the rape, and I’m […]
Hollywood actress Ashley Judd has been known for her vocal support of abortion, but her more recent rhetoric is even more troubling to me because I was conceived in rape and also became pregnant with my now 2-year-old when I was gang-raped,. At the 2019 Women in the World Summit in New York, Judd told […]
I’m working with legislators all over the U.S. to properly provide for the termination of parental rights of rapists, utilizing the clear and convincing evidence standard, but help is needed to get bill sponsors in the 50% of states which currently require a rape conviction. Under the Federal Rape Survivor Child Custody Act, your state […]
“They’re not going to believe you. Sign here.” That is what she told me when she gave me the pen and the custody agreement. “This is your best bet. Sign here. They are NOT going to believe you!” How did I get here??? It was the summer of 2016 . . . . After exchanging […]
Just a couple of days ago — the day after the anniversary of my rape, I testified before a House committee in the Wyoming legislature on a bill to protect women like me from their rapist having parental rights. I’m thrilled to report it passed nearly unanimously out of committee, but we still need it […]
Sometimes I feel like I am the person who fell between the cracks — the lost and forgotten. I struggle in silence. I’m sharing my story here because I want to raise awareness regarding spousal rape and how serious it is. Laws have been passed here in Florida and elsewhere to terminate the parental rights […]
It was Y2K New Year’s Eve the night my uncle first began making advances toward me. I was 12 years old and he was 19, married, with a 2 year old son. My mom allowed his family to move in with us, and inexplicably moved them into my bedroom, since my three sisters were already sharing […]
I’m finally ready to tell my story about having become pregnant by rape because the more of us that tell our stories, the better chance we have of being heard. This is hard for me, but we have to start somewhere first. When I was 18, I was supposed to go on a double […]