On February 23, 2010 The Washington Post had an article titled “Reid links rise in domestic abuse to unemployment; critics say tie is overblown”.  The article points out that Senator Reid has linked unemployment to the rise in domestic violence incidents. Senator Reid was highly criticized for that remark by some critics.

The group (and the most important group) who did agree with Senator Reid is battered women’s advocates who see their case load increase week after week. Yes it is true domestic violence increases when the economy is suffering. As the article points out, that’s not politics, its fact.

Let’s keep to the facts and get politics out of domestic violence.

Read the entire article http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/23/AR2010022304043.html.