How Palin screwed the victims of rape

By Michael J.W. Stickings

While Palin was mayor of Wasilla, "rape victims were charged for their own rape kits" (Feministing):

What adds insult to injury here is her stance on abortion for rape victims. So, not only did she neglect to support women who were raped in getting the evidence they needed to get justice, but she doesn't believe they should have the right to choose what happens with their bodies after they've endured such violation.

I don't know the right word for this. Disgusting? Despicable? Appalling?

Whatever it is, it's just more of the same, and worse, from Palin, heroine of the extremist right.

(Palin's hometown paper, the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, has the story (from 2000) here. Note that the Wasilla police chief did not support the new legislation "protecting victims of sexual assault from being billed for tests to collect evidence of the crime.")