Judicial::MNBWA class-action
From R-KIDS of MN and GPF
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Class action against the Minnesota Battered Women's Act
R-kids among other parties are part of a class-action against Minnesota to declare the Minnesota Battered women's act unconstitutional whereby it violates the requirement for equal protection.
Read a summary by Will Hageman of NCFM explaining the MNBWA lawsuit
Domestic Violence: The 12 Things you aren't supposed to know
R-KIDS Counsel Tom James recently published a book about domestic abuse. "The 12 things you aren't supposed to know" describes much of the justification for our lawsuit against Minnesota. Men are abused too, and our government seems to have denied this fact. This book is now available at Amazon.
Current Events
June 16, 2004: Update from Tom
May 11, 2004: MNBWA Minnesota Court of Appeals. A Hearing will be at 12:05 in the early afternoon, in courtroom 200 in the Minnesota Judicial Center, 25 Constitution Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55155.
January 19, 2004: An appeal had been submitted to the Minnesota state court of appeals. The case will be before Judges: Klaphake, Stonebrunner, Schumacher. We should try to generate a nice audience of well-dressed, respectable, intelligent citizens. If a member of the press asks you any questions, please refer them to Tom James
Men's Shelter?
Kathy Tenquist with the Fairview WomanKind is starting a Men's support group at Fairview Southdale Hospital. This is a new program, and according to current law, it is not eligible for grants from Minnesota under the MNBWA. Read their brochure here.
Erin Pizzey
Erin Pizzey, the founder of Battered Womens' shelters writes to R-Kids.
What does the founder of Battered Womens shelters have to say about domestic abuse? Errin Pizzey discloses the truth about violence and who perpitrates it. She describes her own abuse from those who are protecting the abused.
Minnesota Research on Domestic Violence
Minnesota Department of Human Services report on Child Maltreatment finds that 57% of child abuse is done by women. Find the report on the MN DHS website here. The most common explanation for this statistic is "Women are around children more often." Our response to this is "So what? Don't ignore the problem. Don't say that Women don't abuse children, or that men abuse children more. Hold these women accountable who are abusing, just as men are held accountable."
