October 4, 2008 at 8:21 pm
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TheHouse
Member
In answer to BColiins, you are correct that the government should not be expected to pay for a medical procedure but in the majority of communities a rape exam is covered by the city or police department as a courtesy.
It should be noted that not all police jurisdictions pay for them and it also should be noted that I attempted to find something proving that Palin had anything to do with the decision to charge rape victims and could not. That doesn’t take away from the fact that the city charged them, I just couldn’t find any concrete proof that she supported it.
http://townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2008/09/11/the_palin_rape_kit_myth