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Here are the latest articles and news from MOCADSV. Inquiries from journalists or other media requests can be submitted through our contact us page.
Federal Funding Increases for Programs Serving Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence
At the end of 2022, President Biden passed a large spending bill that included significant increases to many funding sources that support victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, dating violence, and harassment. MOCADSV thanks our national coalition partners, champions in Congress, and advocates across the country for their work in getting these important increases to funding across the finish
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Upholding Missourians’ Right to Contraception
It’s not news to some that in communities throughout Missouri there have been restrictions on access to emergency contraception by faith-based hospitals and pharmacies. MOCADSV is gravely concerned that if more hospitals and pharmacies stop providing access to emergency contraception the ramifications of these decisions will again be placed on the shoulders of victims who need the best from Missouri,
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Redistricting in Missouri: District Changes in a Mid-term Election Year
Updated on May 19, 2022 - Even-numbered years are typically viewed as the most important election years and typically have the largest voter turnout, because of presidential and congressional elections. Alternately, the 2022 election year is known as the “mid-term” because the president is not on the ballot but some congressional delegates are decided. The mid-term August primary, and November
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MOCADSV Responds to Recent Missouri News in Statement about Coercive Control
March 23, 2022 -- The Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (MOCADSV) reiterates our unequivocal support for survivors and condemns all forms of domestic violence, sexual assault, and harassment committed against survivors and their families. Survivors, their families, and the advocates who work alongside them know that abusive individuals use their power to silence victims and maintain control over
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Missouri Supreme Court Case on the Second Amendment Preservation Act
Update: April 27, 2022 -- The Supreme Court of Missouri ruled the effort to block the Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) can continue. Everytown Law filed an amicus brief in the case on behalf of MOCADSV earlier this year. The Supreme Court's decision is a procedural one. They declined to reach a decision on any of the plaintiffs' claims that
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MOCADSV Announces Retirement of Long-time CEO, Colleen Coble
Jefferson City, MO—The Board of Directors of the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (MOCADSV) has announced the December 2021 retirement of the Coalition’s long-time CEO, Colleen Coble, who has served in that position since December 1988. "For more than 30 years, MOCADSV has had the good fortune to be led by Colleen, one of the strongest and most
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