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So what do you think of the latest stunt by the republicans? (details inside)

Asked by ragingloli (51981points) October 15th, 2009

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/healthwellness/143164/30_gop_senators_vote_to_defend_gang_rape/

So 30 republicans voted against an amendment that would prevent government contracts to corporations who deny employees the right to sue them when they are raped by other employees.

“In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad. She was detained in a shipping container for at least 24 hours without food, water, or a bed, and “warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she’d be out of a job.” (Jones was not an isolated case.) Jones was prevented from bringing charges in court against KBR because her employment contract stipulated that sexual assault allegations would only be heard in private arbitration.”

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