Joe Biden On The Importance of VAWA

Senator Joe Biden on the importance of fully funding the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA):

“National figures since the Act’s passage in 1994 show real progress: domestic violence has dropped by almost 50%, incidents of rape are down by 60%, and the number of women killed by an abusive husband or boyfriend is down by 22%. Today, more than half of all rape victims are stepping forward to report the crime, acts of bravery that often need the protection and encouragement that VAWA’s funding provides.

And since we passed the Act in 1994, over a million women have found justice in our courtrooms and obtained domestic violence protective orders.”