SAVE: VAWA Bankrolls the Dissolution of the American Family

From SAVE: The federal Violence Against Women Act is more about breaking up families than stopping partner abuse. That’s the main conclusion of 6 years of ongoing research to analyze the effects of VAWA on our communities and families.

And no surprise, the real victims of partner violence are hopping mad, saying VAWA has created a “broken system that is in dire need of repair” -- see http://www.survivorsinaction.org/

Today SAVE unveiled a series of reforms:

1. Give priority for services to persons with evidence of physical violence
2. Cut back on false allegations
3. Remove harmful policies like mandatory arrest

Additional policy changes are laid out in our proposed Partner Violence Reduction Act: http://www.saveservices.org/pvra/

Family break-up is the number one engine of an expanding welfare state. So policy changes that reduce false accusations and promote partner reconciliation will save substantial sums of money and reduce the federal deficit.

Here are the specifics of our proposal how to enhance services for true victims, strengthen the family, and shrink the welfare state by $155 billion over the next 10 years.