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Michele Booth Cole, Ashley Harrell and Jordan Barksdale in WaPo: D.C. has a new law to help student victims of sexual assault

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In 2021, D.C. implemented the Sexual Assault Victims’ Rights Amendment Act of 2019 (SAVRAA), which gives 13- to 17-year-old victims of sexual assault in D.C. the right to an advocate — a trained professional from a community-based organization — to help teen survivors understand their medical, legal and mental health care options as well as support them in whatever choices they make.

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