Trump administration ‘rolling back women’s rights by 50 years’ by changing definitions of domestic violence and sexual assault

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Donald Trump’s decision to change definitions of domestic violence and sexual assault has rolled back women’s rights by half a century, campaigners have warned.

The Trump administration quietly changed the definition of both domestic violence and sexual assault back in April but the move has only just surfaced.

The change could have significant repercussions for millions of victims of gender-based violence.

The Trump Justice Department’s definition only considers physical harm that constitutes a felony or misdemeanour to be domestic violence – meaning other forms of domestic violence such as psychological abuse, coercive control and manipulation no longer fall under the department’s definition.

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The White House and Mr Trump have denied the allegations. During a 2017 press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that the West Wing's official position is that the women accusing Mr Trump of sexual assault or harassment are lying. Mr Trump has also suggested that the women who have come forward accusing him were not attractive enough for him to sexually assault them.

@Jennifer1984 Said

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/11/domestic-violence-group-describes-heartbreaking-decline-in-progress-under-trump


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For the staffers who answer the phones at the National Domestic Violence Hotline, the past year since Trump’s inauguration has been a grim one.

Abusers are now threatening “‘I’m going to get you deported if you call the police,’ ‘I’m going to hide your papers,’ or ‘I’m not going to help get your visa now,’” said Ray-Jones. Women have seen news stories about an undocumented woman arrested at a Texas court house by immigration agents moments after a judge granted her a protective order against a partner who allegedly punched, choked, kicked, and threw a knife at her.

Increasingly, staffers at the hotline can only advise immigrant women unwilling to seek help from law enforcement to go to their local shelters. When shelters are full, which they often are, their last resort is helping the women make a safety plan: talking a desperate woman through how she and her children can survive another night, or another few nights, while staying with the man abusing her.



I'm not sure which of our countries has the worse person in the top job.

You've got a sexual predator who is utterly contemptuous of women and we've got a woman who is monumentally incompetent at her job.

@white_swan53 Said

Try this,, We have a sexual predator who is utterly contemptuous of women AND he's monumentally incompetent as a president /human being.

@Jennifer1984 Said

I apologise for omitting the glaringly obvious.

My bad.

@white_swan53 Said

Try this,, We have a sexual predator who is utterly contemptuous of women AND he's monumentally incompetent as a president /human being.

@gakINGKONG Said

But wait White_Swan.

Mr Trump is negotiating a deal with North Korea right now and it's still a little soon to declare him monumentally incompetent.

Could we not give the man another five years to give it a shot? Thanks.

@gakINGKONG Said


Could we not give the man another five years to give it a shot? Thanks.

@mrmhead Said

Does "NATIONAL EMERGENCY" ring a bell?

How about an MOU?



Question - are people laughing With Lighthizer or At the dumb-ass behind the desk?

@mrmhead Said

Does "NATIONAL EMERGENCY" ring a bell?

How about an MOU?



Question - are people laughing With Lighthizer or At the dumb-ass behind the desk?

@gakINGKONG Said

But wait White_Swan.

Mr Trump is negotiating a deal with North Korea right now and it's still a little soon to declare him monumentally incompetent.

Could we not give the man another five years to give it a shot? Thanks.

@white_swan53 Said

Are you smoking controlled substance ?
If he has another 5 years , hell forget our nation ,the whole planet will suffer .