Dem AGs slapped with lawsuit over ‘threats’ to shut down sexual assault advocacy group for at-home rape kits [Video]

FIRST ON FOX: Two Democratic state attorneys general are being sued on claims that they are violating the First Amendment with “threats” to shut down an organization that seeks to expand aid for survivors of sexual assault with a government-alternative “self-administered DNA collection” kit.

Leda Health Corporation says it is working to “end the cycle of sexual violence” – developing an Early Evidence Kit (EEK) that allows victims to “receive time-sensitive DNA after sexual assault” through a self-collection of evidence, rather than getting a traditional rape kit at the hospital. CEO Madison Campbell filed a lawsuit against New York AG Letitia James and Pennsylvania AG Michelle Henry after the two penned letters in opposition to the at-home alternative kit.

Alex Little, the attorney representing Campbell, emphasized that the lawsuit “focused on threats that those attorneys general made to shut down the company and penalize Miss Campbell for statements they had made about sexual assault and sexual assault victims” …