State Senator Andre Jacque of De Pere has announced that he is co-sponsoring a bill with Milwaukee native Representative Janel Brandtjen, which is being deemed The Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights. According to a news release, every 92 seconds an American is sexually assaulted, and 1 in 5 women in the US are raped within their lifetime. This new “Bill of Rights” will help ensure victims of sexual violence are accorded the dignity, respect and ability to pursue justice that they deserve. With the enactment of this proposal, Wisconsin would become the 21st state to pass a Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights and increase transparency for the survivor, ensure that there would be no future backlog of kits to be tested for victims pursuing justice, and provide survivors with written and oral information about their rights.
