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On the recordSeptember 13, 2010
The statistics are staggering. Over 20 million women, or 18 percent of all women in the United States, have been victims of rape.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Specter highlights the alarming statistics on rape victims in the U.S.

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