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Partner during adulthood and 82% suffered serious physical or sexual abuses as children. the connection between women s experiences of abuse and their incarceration is a phenomenon sociologists beth richey refers to as gender entrapment. but this morning, maybe there s a glimmer of hope, at least for some of those behind bars for alleged sex work. the highest-ranking judge in new york state, jonathan litman, took historic action last week when he announced a new initiative, to treat most alleged sex workers as victims rather than criminals. 12 states, including new york, currently have safe harbor laws who protects minors that are caught in sex trafficking, but judge litman s initiative appears to be the first in the u.s. to also protect adults. he told nbc news that it meant that there will be no further victimization of these defendants by a society that can be divorced from the realities o of this modern-day former of servitude. ....
0 okay, eric, we have time for just one more caller. melissa, we have the president on the line. what?! really? well, mr. president, you re on the air. the affordable care act is here to stay! oh, well, you heard it from the source, folks, this is going to happen. joining me now, jay engolf, the man who until recently was inside the obama administration and was responsible for the implementation of the president s health care law. carmen wong ulrich, host of marketplace money on american public media, igor wolski of thinkprogress.org, and dr. chris liliss, a primary care physician in fredericksburg, virginia, and a member of doctors for america. thank you all for being here and putting up with the silliness of my fake radio show here. so i m attempting to debunk at least some of the myths we ve heard coming from not just americans in general, but specifically from our policy makers. help me to debunk a few more. are there death panels that are part of the affordable care act? ....