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Women, Children, and Men Die with Partisan Politics
By Casey Gwinn, JD

Last month, as the battle raged to pass the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in the United States Senate, over 150 women, men, and children were killed in this country in domestic violence related incidents.  The deaths included police officers killed responding to domestic violence incidents and officers killed by men with a history of violence against women.  Indeed, more people died in domestic violence related murders last month than did American soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan.  No one questions our responsibility to do everything possible to protect American soldiers in combat but partisan politics were still on display in the battle to pass VAWA in the U.S. Senate. READ MORE.