(Rick Bowmer | AP) Sexual assault evidence collection kits from 2017. According to a new statewide poll, 21% of Utah women said they had been physically abused by an intimate partner, or former intimate partner, in their lifetime, while 26.5% said they had been sexually assaulted in their lifetime.
Becky Jacobs is a Report for America corps member and writes about women’s issues and the status of women in Utah for The Salt Lake Tribune.