Archive for April 13th, 2010

The VAWA Mafia is continually dreaming up ways to provide new incentives for persons to claim to be victims of abuse. In this case, they want to waive the 10-year marriage requirement to tap into an ex-spouse’s Social Security payments. Note the broad definition of domestic violence that includes  ”mental abuse.” This provision hasn’t been introduced... »

Columnist Wendy McElroy has recently reprinted one of the more saucy quotes from her book, “Sexual Correctness: The Gender-Feminist Attack on Women:” Contra the New Feminist Jurisprudence The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which Congress approved as part of the Omnibus Crime Act, advances the gender feminist goal of redistributing power from the ruling... »

This is one in a series of posts how VAWA and other domestic violence laws violate Americans’ fundamental civil rights… The Fourth Amendment states: Citizens must be “secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects.” There must exist “probable cause” before a person can be “seized.” Twenty-two jurisdictions have implemented mandatory arrest laws for... »

Upcoming hearing on the International Violence Against Women Act. How’s this for precise statistics? “A recent study of the World Health Organization (WHO) on women’s health and domestic violence found 15-71 percent of women described either physical or sexual violence by a husband or partner.” Violence Against Women: Strategies and Responses 2 – 4... »