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29 Rutgers L. Rec. 1 (2005)

handle is hein.journals/rutglr29 and id is 1 raw text is: RUTGERS LAW RECORD Volume 29 Spring 2005 Number 1 EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION FOR RAPE VICTIMS: A NEW FACE OF THE OLD BATTLEGROUND OF LEGAL ISSUES IN THE BI- PARTISAN ABORTION POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES By Yuliya Fisher Schaper I. OUTLINING THE COMPASSIONATE ASSISTANCE FOR RAPE EMERGENCIES ACT AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE VICTIM COMMUNITY. On July 21, 2003, several Senators, led by Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey, introduced a new bill before the Senate that would guarantee the provision by hospitals of emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault.1 Although rape is a serious and prevalent problem in the United States, the proposed bill is the first attempt by the federal government to ensure that emergency contraception is always available to rape and sexual assault victims in hospital emergency rooms throughout the country. This paper highlights the importance of the availability of emergency contraceptives for rape victims, and analyzes the causes inhibiting the progress of cultural agreement on, and understanding of, the issue of emergency contraception. A. Pregnancy statistics for victims of sexual assault and the possible risks associated with it. Based on a 2000 Department of Justice report, an estimated 302,091 women are forcibly raped annually in the United States.2 Each year, over 32,000 1 Compassionate Assistance for Rape Emergencies Act, S. 1564, 108th Cong. (2003). The Act was also introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. James Greenwood of Pennsylvania on June 19, 2003. 2 Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes, FULL REPORT OF THE PREVALENCE, INCIDENCE, AND CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, (U.S. Dep't. of Justice, Washington, DC), Nov. 2000 at 13, available at http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffilesl/nij/183781.pdf. Rape was defined as an event that occurred without the victim's consent, that involved the use or threat of force to 1

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