Maine Senate gives final approval to emergency bill to create a rape kit tracking system in Maine [Video]

KIDS TO DO THE SAME AND AN INVESTIGATES UPDATE OUT OF AUGUSTA FOR YOU SENATORS GIVING FINAL APPROVAL TO A BILL TO CREATE A TRACKING SYSTEM FOR RAPE KITS AND TO DO AN INVENTORY OF UNTESTED KITS SITTING AT POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE. AS WE’VE BEEN REPORTING FOR MONTHS NOW, MAINE IS LAST IN THE NATION WHEN IT COMES TO INVESTIGATING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND ONE OF THE ONLY TWO STATES THAT HASN’T STARTED AN INVENTORY AND DOESN’T HAVE A TRACKING SYSTEM. RIGHT NOW. I WILL TELL YOU, AS A FRESHMAN IN COLLEGE, I WAS RAPED. I DIDN’T TELL ANYONE FOR 15 YEARS, AND HERE WE ARE 50 YEARS LATER AND MOST WOMEN DON’T TELL ANYONE. WE HAVEN’T CHANGED AT ALL. AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE THAT PICTURE. ABBY, LET’S SAY THAT THE BILL WOULD GIVE OVERSIGHT TO AN OPAQUE SYSTEM, HOPEFULLY INSPIRING VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD AND REPORT THE …