Thousands of Sexual Abuse Survivors to the Senate Judiciary Committee: Reject Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination for the Supreme Court
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, September 18, 2018
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Thousands of Sexual Abuse Survivors to the Senate Judiciary Committee: Reject Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination for the Supreme Court
Sexual Assault Survivors, Organized by UltraViolet, Demand Senators Block Kavanaugh’s Confirmation to the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, DC — More than 1,600 survivors of sexual and domestic abuse and their loved ones have signed onto a new letter organized by UltraViolet, a leading women’s advocacy group, calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the appointment of Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, after Kavanaugh was accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford.
In the letter, the survivors write:
“We believe Christine Blasey Ford. According to Ford, she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh, which disqualifies him from holding any office in government, let alone the Supreme Court. It proves that Kavanaugh neither has the character nor the integrity to be a Supreme Court justice. It also confirms his harmful disregard for the rights of people, particularly women. Violence against women is an epidemic in this country: one in six women will be sexually assaulted in their life time, and nearly a third of women in the U.S. have experienced domestic and dating violence. We ask that you publicly oppose Kavanaugh and call to cancel the vote on his confirmation.”
VIEW THE FULL LETTER HERE: https://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/surivors_kavanaugh/
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UltraViolet is an online community of over 1,000,000 women and men who want to take collective action to expose and fight sexism in the public sector, private sector and the media. Find out more at weareultraviolet.org