Half of Rape Victims Not Treated for STDs: Study
From Times Wire Reports
Half of all U.S. women who are sexually assaulted are not given recommended treatments to prevent pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases, researchers said.
Writing in this month’s issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine, the Johns Hopkins University team said they found 20% of women who went to emergency rooms after being raped were given emergency contraception to prevent pregnancy and 58% were either screened for STDs or given drugs to prevent infection.
The researchers used data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, which took statistics from emergency rooms and clinics from 1992 to 1998.
The hospital records showed that 42% of sexual assault survivors were not tested for STDs and were given no antibiotics.
