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Think we did not appreciate how serious a problem it was until probably around 2010. and at that point i devoted -- i allocated a lot of money to better training our prosecutors because the defense lawyers for those who are accused are experts in defending sexual abuse cases. the sexual assault cases our prosecutors are generalists, even when we went to trial we were getting beat but we didn't keep rape kits as long as regular police departments did. there were a lot of things we weren't doing in terms of getting good prosecutions and we all located a lot of money to that. there's been a lot m...

Rapists to justice just laying around. an estimated 400,000 rape kits are waiting to be analyzed and a law providing millions of dollars to help medical examiners speed up testing is set to expire this year. i'm joined with congressman carolyn maloney and rape survivor and activist, founder and spokeswoman of natasha's justice project. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> congresswoman, how is this possible, 400,000 rape kits that have not been processed? that means rapists are out there who might otherwise be caught. >> and each of those kits represents a life lik...

Wendy davis saw the need by passing legislation she required all of the rape kits to be tested and by doing so she gave the police and prosecutors a very powerful tool. >> it raises campaign money. like wendy davis. this is so clearly targeted at women. >> yes. yes it is. republicans are so scared of women voters right now they can't see straight and they have really good reason. they have been waging a war on women for a number of years getting more and more aggressive. so in 2014, going into midterm elections which means good news for republicans. this seems to be their really

All of the rape kits to be tested and by doing so she gave the police and prosecutors a very powerful tool. >> it raises campaign money. like wendy davis. this is so clearly targeted at women. >> yes. yes it is. republicans are so scared of women voters right now they can't see straight and they have really good reason. they have been waging a war on women for a number of years getting more and more aggressive. so in 2014, going into midterm elections which means good news for republicans. this seems to be their really appalling strategy. >> is this going to --

Because many have not updated their documents with their married or divorced names. women in texas must now show original documents of their name change. a marriage license, divorce decree or court ordered change. the law is going into effect at a time when wendy davis came into governor. >> i have been teaching in stations. >> my name is terry moore and i have spent the bulk of my time prosecuting. there are thousands of rape kits that were untested. it was like nobody cared. wendy davis saw the need by passing legislation she required