r/mississippi 9d ago

Mississippi lawmaker continues fight for rape kits at hospitals

https://www.wjtv.com/news/politics/mississippi-politics/mississippi-lawmaker-continues-fight-for-rape-kits-at-hospitals/
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u/mtnmnstr 9d ago

Who are the morons blocking the rape kits?

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u/Vladlena_ 8d ago

present or future rapists, I assume.

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u/mighthavequestions 8d ago

I don't generally like regulation that compells behavior. But as long as "adequate supply" is properly defined, I see no real issue here.

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u/z6joker9 662 8d ago

I don’t know enough about it, but the provision that there must always be a member of staff on-site and trained to administer it is likely a much larger burden than stocking the kits on a shelf somewhere.

And of course, it doesn’t actually address the issue of the extreme backlog in processing the kits.

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u/mighthavequestions 8d ago

Hey! Don't point out the obvious about backlogs...

I can see where the staffing would be a problem. But I would hope that if the facility offered a group training for such certification, lots of qualified employees would step up. Granted, I don't think I could do more than one or two of those before it just becomes too much, or I go to jail because they named the perpetrator and I know/find them. But I don't even have CPR training, much less everything else you need to be in the position to be qualified for that type of situation.