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incest

[in-sest] / ˈɪn sɛst /
NOUN
inbreeding
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Stefan Turkheimer, vice president of public policy for the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, the country’s largest anti-sexual-violence organization, said that Thorn’s results are consistent with the anecdotal evidence from RAINN’s online hotline.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

“These cases and the way the media covers them send very clear messages to survivors,” says Erinn Robinson, spokeswoman for the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, which operates the hotline.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021

Two parties have filed amicus briefs to support the conviction: the state Attorney General’s Office, and RAINN, the nonprofit Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.

From Washington Times • Aug. 11, 2019

Any remaining money, Ms. Hough wrote, will be donated to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2018

Incest was punishable by confiscation of property; bigamy, by death.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann



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