polarized act, and the law could hurt those it originally intended to protect. the republican-controlled house stripped the act, and passed a weakerer bill that would leave some of the most vulnerable women even more exposed. still here around the table, katrina, elon james white, and joining them is francesca desoto, and nick gillespie chief and editor of milwaukee.com, and also a survivor of rape and assault, and dena smith who is the president of vawa, and it has been part of the law for two decades and why it is not