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Women's Rights Fact Sheet

  • Organization: NCRCR
  • Date Created: Tuesday, May 03, 2005
  • Submitted: Monday, June 21, 2004
  • Attachment(s): LINK
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 was enacted to give women a strong legal remedy if they are raped or abused. The Supreme Court eliminated this remedy in 2000, ruling that women could no longer take cases of gender-motivated violence to federal court.
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