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Old Dec 21, 2007, 12:34 PM
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The Failing State of Native American Women’s Health

One in three Native American women will be sexually assaulted or raped in her lifetime—a rate 3.5 times higher than all other racial groups. Yet victims of sexual violence often do not receive the treatment and care they need from IHS hospitals. Victims sometimes have to travel hundreds of miles just to receive a rape kit and screening for sexually transmitted infections.

Entire article: http://www.americanprogress.org/issu..._asetoyer.html

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