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On New Year’s Eve 2018, an Arizona long-term care facility became a crime scene.
A 29-year-old resident with disabilities so profound she could not talk, walk or care for herself shocked staff when she gave birth to a boy. No one had even noticed she was pregnant. Immediately it was clear she had been raped.
In the national outrage that followed the incident at Hacienda HealthCare in Phoenix, Arizona promised to do better. The state, which prized itself on its reputation for providing top-notch services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, took action immediately.