Respectfully submitted by Lawrence Rafferty,(rafflaw), Guest Blogger
In the past we have discussed the ongoing war on Women that is being waged by the Right, but this latest example is a tough one to swallow. When military women are raped while in the service, it turns out that military health insurance does not cover abortions, even when the servicewoman has been raped. I discovered this sad fact when I was reading the ACLU Blog. Jessica Kenyon joined the Army in 2005 and while on duty she was raped by a fellow member of the Army and made the mistake of not reporting it.
“I was raped by a fellow soldier when I was stationed in Korea. I found out I was pregnant as a result of the rape when my commander called me into his office one day to charge me with adultery. A doctor at the medical center had told my commander — but not me — that I was pregnant. I hadn’t reported the rape because I was trying to “soldier on” and I didn’t trust my chain of command. This is an environment where women are constantly targeted for various forms of abuse. As it turns out I was not charged, not because I was raped, but because I was divorced. Then I faced the fact that military health insurance doesn’t allow abortion coverage in cases of rape, and I was unable to have a safe abortion off-base, so I was stuck. I was discharged from the military due to the trauma of the rape and attacks. I flew back home to the U.S. after being discharged from the Army for my own safety and ended up miscarrying.” ACLU Blog
Doesn’t it seem a tad inequitable that a woman service member cannot be treated for the crimes committed against them by male members of the military? Congress would cure this problem if given the chance, wouldn’t they? Congress did have the chance recently and they turned up their collective noses on the idea that military rape victims should be able to obtain an abortion under the military health insurance plans! “The Davis-Andrews-DeGette-Maloney-Sanchez-Slaughter Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act should have been a no-brainer. It would have allowed the military health system to cover abortion care in cases of rape and incest – just as the federal government does in the Medicaid program, for federal employees and for women who use the Indian Health Service, among others. All the amendment would do is stop singling out U.S. servicewomen and military families for inferior treatment. And yet, last night, House leadership prevented debate and a floor vote on this important amendment. Never mind that the House will vote on 152 other defense bill amendments; anti-choice members decided that the wellbeing of U.S. servicewomen wasn’t worth 10 minutes of debate.” ACLU Blog Who are these people who would treat military women different from any other citizen who has been brutally raped? They are your faithful servants and Representatives in the United States House of Representatives!
I guess the 3,158 reported cases of sexual assault and rape in the military in 2010 was just too small of a number for our Representatives to consider that the victims should have access to the proper health care coverage. Do you think these Representatives would change their mind if their own daughter, wife, sister or relative was one of the reported or unreported victims of rape in the military??
I saw that story late yesterday and was appalled.
The condition of his face in his mug shot reminds me of the mug shot of the guy who tried to rob the professional cage fighter. Good for her.
How in hell did this simpleton make light colonel? He should go ahead and plead nolo to being an idiot.
Air Force Officer Accused of Sexual Battery
by ARLnow.com
May 6, 2013
http://www.arlnow.com/2013/05/06/air-force-officer-accused-of-sexual-battery/
FIRST REPORTED BY ARLNOW.COM: The chief of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch of the U.S. Air Force was arrested and charged with sexual battery in Arlington over the weekend.
Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski is accused of fondling a woman in a Crystal City parking lot early Sunday morning.
“A drunken male subject approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks,” according to a Arlington County Police Department crime report. “The victim fought the suspect off as he attempted to touch her again and alerted police.”
“Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, of Arlington, VA, was arrested and charged with sexual battery,” police said. “He was held on a $5,000 unsecured bond.”
An Air Force spokeswoman confirmed Krusinski’s rank, job title and the fact that he works at the Pentagon to ARLnow.com, but had no further comment.
The victim did not know Krusinski, said Arlington County Police spokesman Dustin Sternbeck. Police were unable to say how Krusinski sustained cuts on his face that appeared in his booking photo. He did not require medical treatment.
Update at 5:05 p.m. — Lt. Col. Krusinski has been removed from his position pending an investigation, NBC News reports.
Air Force Officer In Charge Of Sexual Assault Prevention Arrested For Sexual Assault
By Hayes Brown
May 6, 2013
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2013/05/06/1970361/air-force-officer-sexual-battery/
Excerpt:
The officer in charge of the U.S. Air Force’s response to sexual assault was himself arrested for sexual battery this weekend, drawing attention yet again to the extent of rape culture in the armed services.
Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski is accused of assaulting a woman in an Arlington, VA, parking lot early Sunday morning. According to the police report of the incident, Krusinski approached the woman in question after a night of drinking:
On May 5 at 12:35 am, a drunken male subject approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks. The victim fought the suspect off as he attempted to touch her again and alerted police. Jeffrey Krusinski, 41, of Arlington, VA, was arrested and charged with sexual battery. He was held on a $5,000 unsecured bond.
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Buddha is Laughing
Are you talking about the priests from the other thread?? 🙂
raff,
With friends like that, who needs tapeworms?
If it’s all the same to you, I’ll stick with my other friends here rather than the one that lives under a bridge and eats children.
Buddha,
You picked up a “friend”!
You’re off?
Who’d have thunk it.
Off to the pool, brisket boy.
And while we’re on basic definition in English for Beginners . . .
psychotic \sī-ˈkä-tik\ adj.,
: of, relating to, marked by, or affected with psychosis
psychosis \sī-ˈkō-səs\, n.,
: fundamental derangement of the mind (as in schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality especially as evidenced by delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech and behavior
As in your deluded opinions are hallucinations and not substantive fact as evidenced by your disorganized speech and behavior.
If you think you’re accomplishing anything other than make me laugh and you look like a fool, you’d be delusional in that belief as well.
I do not wear high heeled shoes. I wonder, do your still wear your mommies?
array \ə-ˈrā\, vt.,
1: to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn
2a : to set or place in order : draw up, marshal, b : to set or set forth in order (as a jury) for the trial of a cause
3: to arrange or display in or as if in an array
array?
Ain’t that your Brother?
No, that advice was for you.
Seriously, if you’ve got a problem with me?
I don’t care.
All you’re doing is showing your array of mental instability for all to see.
What, can’t you swim?
Avoid the deep end.
Now we are hitting the nail on the Head. BIL= Schmuck, Schmoe, Ass, Drivel, Fool.
Got to run to the pool.
Buddha is Lying=Fool.
frank,
It does indeed seem to have a clinical pathology.
BIL – I see we have a new troll who appears to not want you to spank him (or her). So instead of trying to refudiate any fact (those silly things) it merely naysays whatever you say.
http://www.mindspring.com/~mfpatton/sketch.htm
All you can do is point & laugh at the poor, deluded, moran.