Kavanaugh Hearing Produced Spike In Sexual Assault Hotline Calls

  • 6 years ago
A major national sexual abuse hotline experienced a massive surge in callers Thursday. This as Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh took turns testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The Huffington Post reports that the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network estimated calls to its National Sexual Assault Hotline were 147 percent higher than usual. It added that Wait times for callers were unprecedented.

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