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In reply to the discussion: "Why I rejected Plan B after my disabled daughter was raped" [View all]AnnNYC
(2 posts)I googled "Gloria Steinem Conference Room" enclosed in quotation marks, and "subtracted" Plan B from my search with a minus sign, and found this:
http://www.grpl.org/cgi-bin/grmag/grmagsearch.cgi
It appears to be a 1993 issue of Grand Rapids Magazine talking about the YWCA in Grand Rapids, MI. The West Grand Rapids YWCA (closer to Sparta, Elise Hilton's home) has a hotline for sexual assault and domestic violence, and is apparently staffed with Nurse Examiners trained to collect rape kits ["Contact the YWCA Nurse Examiner Program (616.xxx.xxxx)"]:
http://ywcawcmi.org/sa-whatshouldido.php
Doesn't mean that I don't think Elise Hilton could be lying! As a local, she may be quite familiar with these details, and may have provided them to bolster the "truthiness" of her tale!
After reading about this story for several days, and looking way back in Hilton's blog, I'm most horrified about her violations of her children's privacy! The daughter in question has had a lot of trouble over the past 2 years, blogged about by her mother -- things that any decent parent would hold in strictest confidence. For instance, if a child is convicted of a crime as a minor, in juvenile court -- the idea is that the record is sealed, and never comes to light if there are no further convictions during a subsequent probation period. Well -- if your mother blabs/blogs about such a thing, doesn't help you much if the court seals your record, does it??!!
Anyway, I hope from the bottom of my heart that this girl was not raped -- and that if she was, she hasn't become pregnant.
And Plan B is contraception, for God's sake!!!! Prevents conception!!!! Not an abortifacient!!!!
Ga-a-a-a-a-hhh!