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...must address the issue of rape, but we also as a community have to deal with the problem of alcohol more seriously,” he said. “There is need for further investigation in the Harvard community to see just how much we need to do about...
...Last week, the House of Representatives released a mutated version of Governor W. Mitt Romney’s budget. Although cuts were expected, what was hidden under the Department of Public Health’s yearly budget was appalling: a provision that would strip all state aid from rape crisis centers, which serve thousands of domestic violence survivors annually...
Providing aid to survivors of violent crime is a basic obligation of the state. Nonetheless, Romney’s budget put funding for rape crisis centers on the chopping-block—not for a mere reduction, but for complete annihilation. Now that the House’s leadership—under the inept decision-making of Speaker Thomas M. Finneran, D-Mattapan—has kept this horrific cut in the proposed budget, this grave duty falls to the Senate leadership and to the House’s membership...
...likely to stay exactly where they are—in abusive households—and recidivism is all but guaranteed. The more abuse individuals face with fewer refuges to turn to will only increase the cost of mental health care for domestic-abuse survivors. Similarly, without centers for all rape victims, subsequent mental health costs will be much higher. The governor’s willingness to cut funding for crisis centers, coupled with the legislature’s acquiescence, reflects a pathetic naivete on the part of Massachusetts’ political leadership regarding the realities of sexual abuse. Despite...
...only one of the reactionary budget reductions that have precipitated from Massachusetts’ looming fiscal deficit. If anything, these centers needed more money from the government to operate—not less. One look at the numbers should be enough to convince careful legislators that the aid rape crisis centers provide is well worth the cost. When compared to the $3-billion spending gap, the elimination of $2.3 million from a vital public service can only be categorized as absurd panic cutting. If Romney meant his promise to stand up for the little guy, he can keep...