A coalition of state attorneys general is pushing for the Senate to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act as concern rises over domestic violence during the coronavirus pandemic.
sent to lawmakers Monday urging the Senate to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, which expired over a year ago.
The Violence Against Women Act was first signed into law in 1994 to provide funds for investigating and prosecuting violence perpetrated against women. Reauthorizations of the act in 2000 and 2005 provided additional resources for victims, and a reauthorization in 2013 expanded access of those resources to communities not covered in the original text. The act expired in February 2019 after a brief extension covered in a short-term spending bill.
Senator Dianne Feinstein pictured during the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence nomination hearing for Director of National Intelligence at the Dirksen Senate Office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2020. Feinstein led Democratic senators in pushing for the Violence Against Women Act to be reauthorized in November.
"During times of crisis, and especially now as people are staying home, rates of domestic violence go up and survivors are particularly vulnerable," Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said in a news release about her support for the act's reauthorization."We need to do everything we can to support and protect survivors, victims of crime and people in abusive relationships during this pandemic.
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