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Lawmakers study Indiana’s sexual assault response
Crime victim advocates say a backlog of untested rape kits, shortage of trauma-informed investigators and forensic nurses and forthcoming cuts to federal funding is hampering Indiana’s sexual assault response.
·Terre Haute, United States
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Lawmakers study Indiana's sexual assault response
Beth White, president and CEO of the Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault, speaks to the Interim Study Committee on Public Health, Behavioral Health and Human Services on Aug. 25, 2026. (Photo by Mackenzi Klemann/Indiana Capital Chronicle)Crime victim advocates say a backlog of untested rape kits, shortage of trauma-informed investigators and forensic nurses and forthcoming cuts to federal funding is hampering Indiana’s sexual assault respons…
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