S2 Ep27: Protecting Survivor's Rights to their Rape Kits & Ending the Backlog

This week, Ash informs us of the process of a rape kit and our justice system's backlog of untested kits. We learn about what is causing the backlog and about the short amount of time that many assault survivors have before their kits are destroyed. This leads us to talk about Amanda Nguyen, an activist whose own issues with her rape kit have emboldened her to write new legislation, the Sexual Assuault Survivor's Bill of Rights, and have it passed in Congress and the United Nations. Stay tuned for the end of the episode, we give links to organizations who are trying to end the backlog and change our legal system for the good of assault survivors.   Sources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miZG_Xb0NWE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Nguyen#cite_note-NBC-4 https://www.amanda.website/ https://time.com/collection/american-voices-2017/4478049/amanda-nguyen-american-voices/ https://time.com/collection/women-of-the-year/6150543/amanda-nguyen-interview/ https://www.euronews.com/...

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Hey! We are Ash and Katy, this is our podcast, Always the Last to Know! Growing up we were taught how to live in the world, everything was going fine…until literally, the entire world changed, thus making everything we had learned essentially obsolete. Needless to say, Mr. Feeny and Cory Matthews did not prepare us for social media takeovers, taxes, or making our way through an insane world where an entire generation is trauma bonded. It feels like we missed entire lessons on things so the goal is to fill in the gaps of our education- from discussions on current laws to clones, from N.A.T.O to what's hidden under melting glaciers, join us while we attempt to navigate our way through the world, figure out adulthood, and hopefully learn something new along the way!