November, 2003
Every nine seconds, a woman is physically abused in the United States. Each day, at least three women die at the hands of their abusers.
Between 20 percent and 30 percent of homicides across the country are related to domestic violence.
At home, the statistics are no better. For example, in Gwinnett County several years ago, the number of homicides related to domestic violence reached into the 70 percent range. Nearly 30 percent of the suicides in the county also were connected to family violence.
Health care providers often are on the front line when it comes to domestic violence, seeing victims when they come to the emergency room for treatment. The records these providers keep may help put an abuser in jail and save a life. Full Article
They just wanted to go home. But there was no home to go to, and that broke Laura Moore's heart.
Day in and out, she changed these children's trachs and colostomy bags. She bathed them. She read to them. She listened to them cry. She kissed them when she finished her shift and went home to her own family. Full Article