None of us can deny that we must embrace this change and use it to our greatest advantage. This move is long overdue. In linking the shelters on an electronic network, this bill would help every shelter in the country have Internet access. It gives us the opportunity to use one of the century's greatest advances to save the lives of women and children. 3 Women were murdered within in 8 days in Northern Minnesota earlier this month.
Domestic Violence is in all of our communities.
Despite its pervasiveness, there is still nowhere where violence is more isolated from view, more difficult to combat and more far reaching in its impact than violence in the home. It is a problem we cannot afford to ignore. A woman is battered every thirteen seconds. Domestic violence and violence against women permeate our entire society. They require our greatest efforts to combat.