Sexual assault hotline receives most traffic ever after Ford’s testimony

Christine Blasey Ford‘s testimony against Brett Kavanaugh seems to have triggered visceral emotions and memories in countless sexual assault survivors. 

RAINN, a nonprofit anti-sexual assault organization that operates a hotline for victims, reported Monday that it received record hotline traffic in the day after Ford’s emotional Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week. Sept. 28 marked the busiest day in the hotline’s 24-year history, with more than 3,000 people calling in and receiving help. 

To put that number in perspective, RAINN helped an average of 950 people a day during the month of September. Read more…

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