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Writer. Lawyer. Author of the The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness. @newamerica fellow. I'm not ignoring you, I just rarely read my mentions.

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    Jill Filipovic‏Verified account @JillFilipovic 12h12 hours ago

    Jill Filipovic Retweeted The Hill

    This is not a "possible sexual assault." This is a woman who was raped, and a police investigation absolutely must identify whoever is responsible. (Also, how did staff not know she was pregnant until she was giving birth?)https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1081363154305716224 …

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    The HillVerified account @thehill
    Police investigating possible sexual assault after woman in coma for 14 years gives birth: report http://hill.cm/zsdF4Dd  pic.twitter.com/CcYgmIiHZq
    6:30 pm - 4 Jan 2019
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      2. Jill Filipovic‏Verified account @JillFilipovic 12h12 hours ago

        Also um... it's not hard to figure out who was responsible, because DNA.

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      3. Jill Filipovic‏Verified account @JillFilipovic 12h12 hours ago

        Seeing folks pointing out that not all women show their pregnancies. This is true! But caring for a bed-bound female patient of reproductive age would, I assume, involve menstrual health. Did no one notice she didn't menstruate for almost a year?

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      2. Lorna Dryden ‏ @lorna_dryden 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @JillFilipovic @jaketapper

        If she’s bed bound and big she probably didn’t show

        6 replies . 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Jill Filipovic‏Verified account @JillFilipovic 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @lorna_dryden @jaketapper

        That's a fair point. But part of caring for a female patient is caring for her menstrual health - changing pads, etc. You would think someone would notice she hadn't menstruated in several months.

        2 replies . 1 retweet 34 likes
      4. Melanie Jones‏ @mj81511 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @JillFilipovic @lorna_dryden @jaketapper

        Nurse here. Regular or not, 9 months is a long time to go without a period. I know pregnancy was the last thing on their mind, but a regular lack of a period should have been noted in her chart. And f/u testing to see if underlying issues or early menopause was at play.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 68 likes
      5. Cathy Dice‏ @CathyDice1 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @mj81511 @JillFilipovic and

        Serious question for you: does a persistent vegetative state ever have an impact upon hormonal cycles? Do most patients continue to have periods?

        2 replies . 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Melanie Jones‏ @mj81511 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @CathyDice1 @JillFilipovic and

        As long as the pituitary gland or hypothalamus is not injured, hormone production should not be affected. However bodily stress and medications can affect cycles.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 12 likes
      7. Cathy Dice‏ @CathyDice1 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @mj81511 @JillFilipovic and

        Regardless, this poor woman has been suffering for 14 years, and for some sick excuse of a human to victimize her in such a way is simply horrific.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      8. Lorna Dryden ‏ @lorna_dryden 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @CathyDice1 @mj81511 and

        Exactly

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      1. Maggie Ryan‏ @Maggryan 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @JillFilipovic @jaketapper

        My thought exactly. This is rape. Don't pretty it up by calling is sexual assault. She is comatose, vulnerable, was raped and forced thru pregnancy with no extra care. This is horrifying. Beyond charging her rapist, workers & management at that facility must be held accountable.

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      1. Deb Berglund‏ @deb_berglund 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @JillFilipovic @jaketapper

        If you have been a coma for 14 years, give birth, the word "Possible" cannot be used in the same sentence.

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      2. Vikki Croft‏ @fernschild 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @JillFilipovic @cmclymer

        How was she bathed and her private areas cleaned, which is pretty up close care, and no one detected the pregnancy? Unless the father was known to staff and it was hushed up.

        1 reply . 1 retweet 15 likes
      3. name withheld‏ @yousparkypants 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @fernschild @JillFilipovic @cmclymer

        I bet this was the case

        0 replies . 0 retweets 10 likes
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      2. Liza Brings‏ @LizaBrings 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @JillFilipovic @jaketapper

        “Welcome to Hacienda Healthcare. Where you’re cared for so thoroughly, we don’t even know you’re pregnant until labor pains start”. I like it. Pithy. Will it fit on brochure?

        1 reply . 2 retweets 61 likes
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      2. RachVicente‏ @Rach_Vicente 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @JillFilipovic

        So demoralizing that even when in a coma, in a hospital (a space of *healing*), in 2018, a woman is still in so much danger

        1 reply . 2 retweets 160 likes
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      1. Jeff Day‏ @jeffday 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @JillFilipovic

        if you read through the inspection reports on medicare's website they were cited for employees frequently walking in on residents bathing. the nursing director knew about it and didn't do anything. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/InspectionReportDetail.aspx?ID=035258&SURVEYDATE=12/13/2017&INSPTYPE=STD …

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      2. Alexandra Rucinski‏ @SashaMichelle89 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @JillFilipovic

        Even in a vegetative state women are not believed. Even when there is absolutely no other possibility but rape, they still use the term allegation.

        1 reply . 4 retweets 87 likes
      3. Sarah J‏ @sarahj_indubai 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @SashaMichelle89 @JillFilipovic

        Some lawyer down the road is going to say that she didn’t resist or say say no.pic.twitter.com/KW9dKdU7jW

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Alexandra Rucinski‏ @SashaMichelle89 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @sarahj_indubai @JillFilipovic

        I just cannot fathom how that could be seriously argued in a court setting of any kind. I don’t think there is a lawyer on this planet who could win a case with that argument.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Sarah J‏ @sarahj_indubai 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @SashaMichelle89 @JillFilipovic

        Agree with you of course. You just never know what ridiculous thing defense lawyers will say. And judges too, like this one who said a 19 y/o woman should have just kept her knees together to avoid rape.https://www.google.ca/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/10/canada-judge-resigns-keep-your-knees-together-comment-rape-trial …

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Alexandra Rucinski‏ @SashaMichelle89 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @sarahj_indubai @JillFilipovic

        Oh god, I remember this and many other bullshit excuses used in defense of rapists in court. It has been a new level of startling to see headline after headline using the word allegedly to describe the rape of this woman who has been in a coma like state for 14 fucking years!

        0 replies . 0 retweets 1 like
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