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Happy birthday to the woman who changed so many lives with her art, the one who pops into your head when you think of Tumblr. Happy Marina Day

“Rachel Hawthorne,” 23 (USA 1984)

What happened to Rachel* should never happen again.

Rachel was a 23-year-old Indigenous woman living in Indiana. Though she herself was a Pro-Life Christian, this did not save her from suffering an abortion herself. She was a victim of domestic abuse and was killed by a legal abortion she didn’t want or believe in.

Rachel’s last days were spent in an Indianapolis hospital dying of sepsis and shock. Though her family knew the circumstances of her death were under investigation by local authorities, even members of her immediate family were not told of the results. They were allowed to believe that Rachel died from a stillbirth.

Over 40 years later, a researcher stumbled upon the long-closed coroner’s case among the Marion county coroner’s archives. A family member was contacted and finally given the coroner’s report that they had never been shown. It took more than four decades to be given the truth about what had been done to Rachel and her baby.

Marion County Coroner’s Case 84–0039 & death certificate

*Pseudonym used for family’s privacy and will be updated with her real name if they request

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Resources for Male Victims of Sexual Assault/Rape

United States (national):

National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673

National Sexual Violence Center Victim/Survivor Support Listing

http://www.nsvrc.org/organizations/victim-survivor-support-organization

RAINN Online Hotline

http://www.rainn.org/get-help/national-sexual-assault-online-hotline

DoD / Military Helpline

http://www.rainn.org/dod-safe-helpline

American Psychological Association information page on Child Sexual Abuse

National Domestic Violence Hotline

http://www.apa.org/pubs/info/brochures/sex-abuse.aspx?item=1

http://www.thehotline.org/

Male Survivor (where the majority of these links were found):

http://www.malesurvivor.org/index.php

United States (by state):

Alabama http://www.acar.org/crisis-centers.html

Alaska http://www.andvsa.org/shelters-and-services

Arizona http://www.arizonasexualassaultnetwork.org

Arkansas http://www.acasa.us/help.html

California http://acasa.us/

Colorado http://www.ccasa.org/resources/#rape%20crisis

Connecticut http://www.connsacs.org/seeksupport/index.htm

Delaware http://www.contactlifeline.org Hotline only

District of Columbia http://dcrcc.org/

Florida http://www.fcasv.org/information/find-your-local-center

Georgia http://www.gnesa.org

Hawaii http://www.nsvrc.org/organizations/232 Phone: 808 533 1637

Idaho http://www.wcaboise.org/ Hotline only

Illinois http://www.icasa.org/crisiscenters.aspx?pageid=501

Indiana http://www.nsvrc.org/organizations/194

Iowa http://www.iowacasa.org/

Kansas http://www.kcsdv.org/ifsa.html

Kentucky http://kcadv.org

Louisiana http://www.lafasa.org/main/home

Maine http://www.mecasa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=63

https://211maineportal.communityos.org/zf/taxonomy/detail/id/100117/

Maryland http://www.mcasa.org/for-survivors/maryland-rape-crisis-and-recovery-centers-5/

Massachusetts http://www.janedoe.org/find_help/for_lgbtqqi GLBTQ Resources

Michigan http://www.resourcecenter.info Only lists a ONE contact number

Minnesota http://www.mncasa.org/seek.cfm

Mississippi http://www.mscasa.org/crisis-centers/

Missouri http://www.mocadsv.org/How%20to%20Get%20Help.aspx Click on the Map

Montana http://mcadsv.com

Nebraska http://ndvsac.org/get-help/ Regional Map Listing_Rev_05232011.pdf Opens a .pdf file

Nevada http://ncasv.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Get-Help-Local-Agencies.pdf

New Hampshire http://www.nhcadsv.org/crisis_centers.cfm

New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/nj/safety/crisis/

New Mexico http://nmcsap.org/

New York http://nyscasa.org/get-help/crisis-centers-by-county/

New York Center for Children (New York City)

http://nyscasa.org/get-help/crisis-centers-by-county/

http://www.safehorizon.org/

North Carolina http://www.nccasa.org/

North Dakota http://www.ndcaws.org

Ohio http://www.oaesv.org

Oklahoma http://ocadvsa.org/get-help/ Rape Crisis and Domestic Violence information

Oregon http://www.ocadsv.com/looking-help

Pennsylvania http://www.pcar.org

Rhode Island http://www.dayoneri.org Only provides a phone number

South Carolina http://www.sccadvasa.org

South Dakota http://www.sdcedvsa.org

Tennessee http://tncoalition.org

Texas http://www.hopelaws.org/crisis-center-locator/

Utah http://health.utah.gov/vipp/pdf/RapeSexualAssault/Rape Program Contact.pdf Opens a .pdf file

Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Vermont http://www.vtnetwork.org/get-help/member-programs/

Virginia http://www.vsdvalliance.org/welcome/

Washington http://feminist.org/911/resources_tz.html#WAS Scroll Down for Washington

West Virginia http://www.fris.org/CrisisCenters/WVCrisisCenters.html

Wisconsin http://www.wcasa.org/pages/SASPs.php Scroll Down for County Map

Wyoming http://www.wyomingdvsa.org

International

AUSTRALIA

Living Well http://www.livingwell.org.au/

CAMBODIA

First Step http://www.first-step-cambodia.org/

CANADA

British Columbia Society www.bc-malesurvivors.com

Men of Hope http://www.menofhope.ca/

Canadian Centre for Male Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse http://www.cc4ms.ca/

The Gatehouse http://www.thegatehouse.org/

DENMARK

Klinik for Incestterapi http://incestterapi.dk/

INDIA

Samabhavana Society http://www.samabhavanasociety.org/

INTERNATIONAL

Love146 http://love146.org/

Next Step http://www.nextstepcounseling.org/

Save The Children http://www.savethechildren.net/

NEW ZEALAND

MSSAT – Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Trust http://survivor.org.nz/

NORWAY

utsattmann.no

SOUTH AFRICA

Matrix Men http://www.matrixmensa.blogspot.com/

SAMSOSA 

South African Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse http://www.samsosa.org/wp/

THAILAND Urban Light http://www.urban-light.org/

UGANDA

Refugee Law Project http://www.refugeelawproject.org/

UNITED KINGDOM

Support Line http://www.supportline.org.uk/ http://www.supportline.org.uk/problems/rape_sexual-assault.php#male

Fylde Coast Men’s Support Association fcmsa@yahoo.co.uk

Mankind UK www.mankindcounselling.org.uk

Survivors UK www.survivorsuk.org

Amsosa UK www.amsosa.com

Victim Support Male Abuse Helpline http://www.endthefear.co.uk/directory/victim-support-male-helpline/

Rape and Abuse Line www.rapeandabuseline.co.uk/

There are people who care and want to help. You are not alone.

So this past summer I went to Ford's Theater with my mom and sister to see Little Shop of Horrors, and let me tell you, they have an absolutely massive amount of Abraham Lincoln merch. Like, they were selling significantly more Abraham Lincoln merch than merch for the play that was being performed.

Arlin Dela Cruz, 19 (USA 1992)

In places where abortion is legal, forced and coerced abortion is disturbingly common. One of the most heart-rending cases of forced abortion and the consequences that follow is the death of 19-year-old Arlin Dela Cruz.

The day started out like any other. A group of peaceful protesters and sidewalk counselors were standing outside of the Hillcrest abortion facility in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A car pulled up and two middle-aged people got out.

Then the two passengers opened the back door of the car and forcibly pulled out a terrified teenage girl, who was visibly crying. The young girl saw the protesters and tried to go to them for help, but the two adults grabbed her by the arms and began to drag her towards the facility.

The Hillcrest facility’s escort offered no help to the sobbing girl. A Pro-Life protester called out to the escort, saying, “Can’t you see she doesn’t want to do this? I can’t step on your property, but you can help her. You’re pro-choice, right? Can’t you help her?”

The escort gave the peaceful protesters a malicious smirk and held the front door open so that the two middle-aged people could forcibly propel the girl through the entrance. She disappeared through the doors as she struggled in vain to get away.

The next time the protesters saw the girl, she was on the news.

The teenager, identified as high school senior Arlin Dela Cruz, had disappeared from her home on October 15, 1992—only 3 weeks after the abortion. Searchers discovered her corpse hanging from a tree in the woods behind her house. She had tucked her favorite stuffed animal (a stuffed bunny) under her shirt for comfort before she killed herself. Arlin’s mother discovered a suicide note Arlin had written saying that she wanted to be with her baby.

Had Arlin never been dragged crying and struggling through that door, she and her baby could both be here today.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59520839/arlin-n-dela_cruz

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2C-X6XC

Find A Grave Index database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2C-X6XC : 10 September 2021), Arlin N. Dela Cruz, ; Burial, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens; citing record ID 59520839, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

The Patriot-News (Harrisburg, PA) obituary published on October 22, 1992

Had an interesting conversation about this IRL the other day, so...

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