Amelah's Blog » Wasilla http://amygreenbaum.com A blog on Judaism, Israel, Jews, life and politics. Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:15:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 Palin Forces Women to Pay for Own Rape-Kits http://amygreenbaum.com/2008/09/22/palin-forces-women-to-pay-for-own-rape-kits/ http://amygreenbaum.com/2008/09/22/palin-forces-women-to-pay-for-own-rape-kits/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:14:01 +0000 http://1rabbi.wordpress.com/?p=390 Continue reading Palin Forces Women to Pay for Own Rape-Kits →]]> While Mayor of Wasilla, (now) Gov. Palin told the police to require women to pay for their own rape kits to save money. She required this even though it was against Alaska law!

For more detials see the blog Leah’s Life and a CNN story.

Her record shows us how much value she places a) on law and b) on women.  What will she do when her “values” contradict the law when VP (or G-d forbid, President)?

Update:  See a powerful discussion of this issue at Feministe.

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