 Image uploaded from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | Mean Old White Man March continues its trek right over the rights of American women!! A bill in the Pennsylvania House proposing the reduction of welfare benefits for low-income women contains a provision requiring a woman who became pregnant from rape to prove that she reported her assault.
As ThinkProgress reported, the measure, proposed by four Republicans and one Democrat, seeks to eliminate an increase in benefits if a child is conceived while a woman is covered under the Temporary Assistance To Needy Family program. A woman can seek an exception to this if the child is conceived as a result of rape. However, she must prove that she reported the incident to the authorities and gave the police her assaulter's identity. The bill reads: Elimination of benefits under subsection (d) shall not apply to any child conceived as a result of rape or incest... |
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