Johnson County officials may follow Polk County’s lead in providing funding for emergency contraception and crisis services for victims of sexual assault and rape after the Iowa Attorney General’s Office halted - at least for now -- covering those expenses.
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A Kentucky man is accused of sexually assaulting an Iowa City woman in his car on Sunday. He ignored he pleas to stop, took her phone and covered her mouth with his hands and pinched her nose, preventing her her from screaming and being able to breath.
Payment for nearly 70 sexual assault survivors’ emergency contraception is on hold as Iowa’s Republican Attorney General reviews use of funds.
Victim advocates are urging Republican Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird to continue allowing the state’s victim compensation funds to cover contraception and abortion care for rape victims, noting a majority of those served by the fund are juvenile victims of sexual abuse.
A male nurse practitioner who died of a drug overdose at a hospital in Ottumwa sexually assaulted at least nine female patients while they were sedated, hospital and police officials said.
Reported crimes tied to social interaction jumped at the University of Iowa last year, with rape reports surging to 64 in 2021 from 38 in 2020, 50 in 2019, and 22 in 2015.
Donations are pouring in to help a 17-year-old sex trafficking victim who was ordered by a court to pay $150,000 to the family of a man she stabbed to death after he raped her.
Also, sexual assault training offered to doctors, others
Lily Rose Lee, formerly known as Michelle Knight, will be speaking at an event in Cedar Rapids meant to raise awareness and support for survivors of sexual assault. A Gazette reporter recently spoke with Lee about the upcoming event and her life as a kidnapping survivor.
Project to test evidence has led to four criminal cases in Iowa so far, authorities say
Marion man accused of dragging a neighbor by her hair into her bedroom and sexually assaulting her. He also hit, kicked and strangled her to the point of unconsciousness when she told him to stop.
Bipartisan letter expresses disappointment with the Pentagon’s proposed timeline for implementing measures to combat sexual assault in the military.
Sex offender Fitsum Russell has history of sex crimes in Linn, Johnson counties
Judge sentences a Cedar Rapids man to 34 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman who was incapacitated as he repeatedly assaulted her and filmed the crimes.
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