York police officers were shot, during an attempt to protect a threatened woman and her family, while serving an arrest warrant and a restraining order on the abuser. During a follow-up visit to the ex-girlfriend’s house, the abuser reportedly opened fire on the police officers.

A 2024 CDC Report using 2016/2017 data analysis revealed that every minute, 32 people experience intimate partner violence in the United States. One in four men in the United States has endured severe physical violence from an intimate partner; and over 47% of women have encountered contact sexual violence, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime.

Gender-based violence encompasses physical, emotional, psychological, and economic harm inflicted upon women due to their gender. It

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