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Incendiary and False: SAVE Charges VP Biden’s Speech is Attempt to Silence Debate

WASHINGTON/April 20, 2012 – Vice President Joe Biden has come under criticism for attempting to stifle debate on the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill, currently up for consideration in Congress. These concerns arise from a Wednesday speech in which he claimed the current debate surrounding the VAWA bill S. 1925 “is truly sad” and questioned whether the bill “is even a debatable issue.” Biden’s statement came two weeks after a Heritage Foundation report concluded the VAWA reauthorization bill currently being considered represents a “gross distortion of the original law” and

SAVE Chides Media for ‘Sound-Bite’ Coverage of Abuse Bill

Washington, DC/March 21, 2012 – Media accounts of the Violence Against Women Act bill, currently being debated in the U.S. Senate, are focusing largely on the political horse-race, charges victim-advocacy group Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE). This “sound-bite” coverage of the abuse issue glosses over the substantive problems and does a disservice to victims, SAVE alleges. For example, a March 15 CNN story consisted of a point-for-point recitation of Senators’ talking points, providing little context for understanding the debate (1). An article published in the Washington

Teenage Girls Are More Likely to Abuse, But VP Biden Skirted the Truth

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2011 – Despite calls to address the growing epidemic of abusive teenage girls, Vice President Biden glossed over the problem during his Tuesday appearance on ABC’s The View. Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is calling on the Vice President to remove the veil of silence that envelops the problem.  Surveys now show high school girls are more likely than boys to engage in physical violence with their dating partners. But VP Biden only spoke of girls as victims and never mentioned them as possible perpetrators. Host Whoopi Goldberg even asked the Vice

SOS to Vice President Biden: Abusing Females Need Help, Not a Brush-Off

WASHINGTON - Stop Abusive and Violent Environments (SAVE) is calling on Vice President Biden to acknowledge the growing problem of female aggression during his upcoming appearance on ABC’s “The View.” Set to air on Tuesday, the show will focus on partner violence in teenage relationships. SAVE has sent the vice president a letter highlighting how teenage females are now more likely than high school males to resort to partner abuse, sometimes with fatal consequences. Abusing teenage girls need counseling, instead of being ignored: http://www.saveservices.org/2011/09/save-sends-letter-to-

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