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Orie Leads
Rally to Promote Awareness of Domestic Violence
Stressing that Pennsylvania needs to build on
successful efforts to prevent domestic violence and encourage more health care
professionals to be alert to signs of abuse, Sen. Jane Orie (R-40) led a rally
at the state capitol to focus greater attention on the issue.
Orie joined health care professionals, law
enforcement officials and domestic violence organizations across the state.
Speakers included Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll, State Senators Connie Williams
and John Rafferty, and State Representatives Patricia Vance, Katie True and
Kathy Watson.
Kathy Dyabelko, a surviving mother of a young woman
murdered by her boyfriend, also addressed the rally.
Orie said the event was intended to encourage and support doctors and health
care professionals in their efforts to detect and prevent domestic violence and
to provide help to victims.
The senator has been a leader in state efforts to
prevent domestic abuse and provide more protections to victims. She is author of
the "Domestic Violence Heath Care Response Act" -- which makes Pennsylvania the
first state in the nation to establish universal screening in selected
hospitals.
"We need to continue to shine the light on this
terrible crime -- to raise awareness and provide victims with the help and
support they need to break the cycle of abuse," Orie said.
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Sen. Jane Orie:
 
Sen. John Rafferty:
Senator-Elect
Pat Vance:
Sen. Jane Orie leads
a rally in the Capitol rotunda on Nov. 8 to promote awareness about domestic
violence issues.
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