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Through it, and, you know, at that point daisy had just been in the hospital again. she had been suicidal. so initially, it seemed like a good plan at the end of may. after i thought about it, i decided i didnt want to do it, so i went back the next day and did talk to them about it and we actually did do the deposition even for the misdemeanor. so thats just simply not true. we had done everything up to the point, we had the rape kit done. we went to the doctors, had the physical done. we had t...

>> jane, who just turned 16 the other day, told her parents and police a man took her into this apartment building and raped her. were just a few blocks away from her home and the cafe. according to court records and the police, the man is mentally ill and is well known in this neighborhood for his bizarre behavior. after the incident, many wanted to see a quick arrest, but it wasnt to be. jane reported the incident immediately, but police acknowledge it took weeks for a rape kit to be sent to t...

Been tested and prosecutors have discovered evidence in 21 -- of 21 serial rapists. rosa picket actually lived this nightmare in the small, predominantly black and overwhelmingly poor town of robbins, illinois. she came forward with her story after the cook county sheriffs office discovered that more than 200 rape kits had been collected in robbins since the mid-70s that were never used to solve crimes. rosa was raped 36 years ago. her rape kit was lost and never been found. her attacker, never ...

Forward? i believe it was at a community meeting, and put your hand up and say, you know what, i was a victim here, and i want justice, even though it was so long ago. >> thats exactly how i felt, and i just wanted to know, they had found my kid amongst the other 52 kits that they had found, but, unfortunately, my kit wasnt there. so i wanted to know where it was at. i really wanted it found. i wanted to know what happened in the investigation, why it wasnt investigated and -- >> and you were ju...

National politics, too. the texas bill brought thousands of people to the state capitol in austin to protest and rally and give testimony. people filling the state capitol rotunda inside. spilling on to the lawn outside. all while senator, state senator wendy davis stood for 11 hours to filibuster the antiabortion t.r.a.p. law that had been shoved through in the first special legislative session called by governor perry for that purpose. when the bills supporters were thus forced to explain them...

Like this on the record. >> you have hospital emergency rooms. we have funded whats called rape kits that will help the woman, its basically cleaning her out. and then hopefully that will alleviate that. >> thats not what a rape kit -- yeah. the bill got through. the republicans passed it in the second session and that was what became law today with rick perry and his guy friends. >> no one will ever have to ask you, where were you? when the babies lives were being saved? >> this is how a bill b...

Woman, its basically cleaning her out. and then hopefully that will alleviate that. >> thats not what a rape kit -- yeah. the bill got through. the republicans passed it in the second session and that was what became law today with rick perry and his guy friends. >> no one will ever have to ask you, where were you? when the babies lives were being saved? >> this is how a bill becomes a law in texas. a bill that has changed the texas map forever, shrinking the number of facilities where women can...

State house last thursday to stage a citizens filibuster of the new texas abortion ban, it was a struggle to report on it well on the national level. the video we have was a raw feed provided by the legislature itself and it was a terrible feed. even on sunday when the sponsor started going off about rape being no problem because a rape kit can clean her out. even with that amazingness on tape still the tape itself is terrible. its hard to make a state story into a national story unless you have...

The new texas abortion ban, it was a struggle to report on it well on the national level. the video we have was a raw feed provided by the legislature itself and it was a terrible feed. even on sunday when the sponsor started going off about rape being no problem because a rape kit can clean her out. even with that amazingness on tape still the tape itself is terrible. its hard to make a state story into a national story unless you have a good visual way to tell it. with this texas case that was...

Please clarify, im sorry, im not quite sure i heard that. she said in the emergency room they have whats called rape kits that the woman, shell get cleaned out. cant believe i have to say this, but rape kits, for the record, are the kit thats used to collect forensic samples from a rape victims body to be used in potential prosecution of the rapist. the sponsor of this legislation in texas apparently thinks a rape kit is an abortion? has no idea what a rape kit is, but she thinks it miraculously...