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PR: SAVE Calls on Lawmakers to Stand Tall for Victims and the Constitution during Upcoming VAWA Vote

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Telephone: 301-801-0608 Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org SAVE Calls on Lawmakers to Stand Tall for Victims and the Constitution during Upcoming VAWA Vote Washington, DC/May 15, 2012 – A leading victim-advocacy organization is calling on Representatives to support reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, H.R. 4970. Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) [...]
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PR: VAWA Must Stop Funding Lethal Mandatory Arrest Policies

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Telephone: 301-801-0608 Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org VAWA Must Stop Funding Lethal Mandatory Arrest Policies Washington, DC/May 8, 2012 — States that enacted mandatory arrest policies saw a 60 percent increase in intimate partner homicides, according to a Harvard U. study. Now, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is calling on lawmakers involved [...]
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PR: Battering the Truth: SAVE Report Reveals Many Abuse Statistics are One-Sided or False

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Battering the Truth: SAVE Report Reveals Many Abuse Statistics are One-Sided or False Washington, DC/April 11, 2012 — The federal government spends $76 million a year for domestic violence education programs, but 90 percent of the claims made in these programs are one-sided, misleading, or completely untrue, according to a [...]
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PR: $1.2 Million in Anti-Violence Funds Embezzled, Missing, or Misused: Fraud is Widespread, SAVE Charges

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org $1.2 Million in Anti-Violence Funds Embezzled, Missing, or Misused: Fraud is Widespread, SAVE Charges Washington, DC/April 4, 2012 – Following release of three reports by the Department of Justice, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is charging that many grants made under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) [...]
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PR: SAVE Chides Media for ‘Sound-Bite’ Coverage of Abuse Bill

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org SAVE Chides Media for ‘Sound-Bite’ Coverage of Abuse Bill Washington, DC/March 21, 2012 – Media accounts of the Violence Against Women Act bill, currently being debated in the U.S. Senate, are focusing largely on the political horse-race, charges victim-advocacy group Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE). This “sound-bite” coverage [...]
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PR: Violence Against Women Act Poses Threat to Civil Rights, Group Charges

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Violence Against Women Act Poses Threat to Civil Rights, Group Charges Washington, DC/March 19, 2012 – A recently issued report highlights a broad range of civil rights abuses that arise from policies endorsed by the federal Violence Against Women Act: http://www.saveservices.org/wp-content/uploads/SAVE-Assault-Civil-Rights.pdf. The report, from Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE), [...]
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PR: Accusing U. Campaign Targets Dept. of Education Sex Directive

Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Accusing U. Campaign Targets Dept. of Education Sex Directive Washington, DC/February 17, 2012 – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is set to launch Accusing U., a national campaign designed to educate college students about the Department of Education’s new Sexual Assault Directive. SAVE says the Directive subverts fundamental due [...]
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PR: NY Times Anti-Violence Editorial Shortchanges Victims, SAVE Says

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard, Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org NY Times Anti-Violence Editorial Shortchanges Victims, SAVE Says WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 — A recent New York Times editorial on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act offers its readers a superficial and misinformed perspective on a bill currently being considered in the Senate (1). The controversy centers [...]
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PR: Centers for Disease Control Should Remove Flawed Rape Survey, Says Washington Post Editorial

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Centers for Disease Control Should Remove Flawed Rape Survey, Says Washington Post Editorial Washington, DC/January 31, 2012 — A growing number of commentators are questioning the legitimacy of the CDC’s claims about rape and sexual assault. An op/ed published in the Washington Post exposes the scientific flaws in the study and [...]
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PR: Tell the Truth about Partner Abuse: SAVE’s New Year’s Resolution

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Teri Stoddard Email: tstoddard@saveservices.org Tell the Truth about Partner Abuse: SAVE’s New Year’s Resolution Washington, DC/January 3, 2012 — As persons start 2012 intending to make good on their New Year’s resolutions, Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is encouraging everyone to strike a blow against domestic violence by resolving to TELL THE TRUTH [...]