The U.S. Army has proposed the development of a database to track sexual assault in the military that will violate victim privacy and will have a chilling effect on the reporting of sexual assault.
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The proposed database will include specific identifying information including victim names, social security numbers, dates of birth, service data, rate/rank, demographic information, along with information about the rape, including police reports, DNA processing data, as well as medical and counseling information from not only military but also civilian victims of sexual assault by military personnel.
Here is what one service member had to say about the proposed database:
“I was gang raped during Desert Storm and ultimately received a Medical Retirement in 1999 following a hysterectomy and the diagnosis of PTSD. I have been in Military Sexual Trauma therapy for 5 years and am still trying to get my life back. Being raped violates the body and the soul. It is the ultimate form of degradation and is a crime against humanity. Rape takes away your power as a person. This proposal is a violation not just of confidentiality but of basic rights. In effect, it feels like I am being raped again and that once again I am being left powerless.”
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and read the rest of this survivor’s powerful words, learn more about the proposed database, and then send a free message to the Department of Defense telling them to reject the database and uphold victims’ right to privacy.
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Irene Weiser