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FACTSHEET:
Sexual Assault Information for Teens

For sexual activity to be okay, it must be consensual-which means that both people want it to happen. Sexual assault is when any person forces you to participate in a sexual act when you don't want to. This can include touching or penetrating the vagina, mouth or anus of the victim (often called rape), touching the penis of the victim, or forcing the victim to touch the attacker's vagina, penis, or anus. Touching can mean with a hand, finger, mouth, penis, or just about anything else, including objects.

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Factsheets: Hospital Language Assistance Law: Serbo-Croatian Language

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On September 13, 2006, new communication assistance regulations went into effect for all private and public hospitals throughtout New York State. The new rules are intended to improve your access to health care and protect you from medical harm from communication problems in hospitals. If your ability to communicate in English is limited, or if you are hearing- or vision-impaired, you have a right to free communication assistance...

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Voices and Faces:
Holly Hughes
Holly Hughes, Producer
"On TV, the only time they called it rape was when it was a stranger. So I didn't think what happened to me was rape. If I did, maybe I would have told someone. Maybe I would not have lost so many years of my life."
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