Were you aware, as a woman and/or a U. S. citizen, that there are 10's of 1,000's of rape kits in many cities that are never opened/tested and crimes against women never investigated? It is assumed that there is not a collective statistical count available for the entire country; however, I had no idea that such unjust acts of unsolved crimes existed in our major cities throughout America.
In New York City alone, there were 16,000 rape kits setting on shelves left untested and, of course, with the statute of limitations expired and with molesters still walking the streets. In in this writer's opinion any rapist should get life in prison without parole and what is happening here? These rapists are walking free with no consequences for their violent actions.
How can this be happening?
There is a glimmer of hope, however, as one major city has started testing the rape kits for DNA in order to gather information on rapist profiles and link them to current crimes. Nevertheless, it was noted that some cities are 15 years behind discovery.
I am seriously rethinking my position on being an avid believer in all human beings having a "right to life" especially in rape crimes, and how can any other type of thinking be fair when women are not given equal rights in violent acts of crime such as RAPE? If a person isn't taken seriously by the justice system, why wouldn't they want the right to abort an unborn baby that quite possibly could be conceived of hate?
This may be getting a little off the subject but years ago I was a writer on a huge poetry site where you could access by a main directory the names of all the writers and read and/or review their poetry even if you did not know them. God only knows why I was always the reader who happened upon suicide poetry and/or situations where women had been raped ~ I somehow always managed to get involved in a supportive role.
One such incidence was of a woman who had been raped and left for dead in an alley. I never expected this poetess to live, much less give birth to her twin babies but she did. She survived the brutal beating and decided to give her twins the "right to life." I understand that her husband even divorced her because of this decision. But, here was a case where they caught the rapist, which may have given this particular victim more of a feeling of justice whereby wanting the babies she was carrying to live and be put up for adoption. What a horrendous ordeal.
I just can't imagine!!!
WAKE UP AMERICA and insist that women be given TOTAL equal rights. We deserve to have crimes investigated and criminals taken off the streets, especially in light of those victims who were brave enough to come forward for testing.
Author's comments: I give credit to Life Now of PBS for the inspiration in writing this article.
