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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 6, 2008
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Carol Maravic
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Sen. Orie to Hold News Conference to Focus Greater Awareness on Domestic Violence

Marking October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Pennsylvania, Senator Jane Orie (R-40) will hold a news conference at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, October 7 in the Rotunda of the Main Capitol in Harrisburg.

Orie will be joined by legislators, health care professionals and domestic violence organizations.

The event is intended to encourage and support doctors and health care professionals in their efforts to detect and prevent domestic violence and to provide help to victims.  It is also intended to focus public attention on a crime that often goes undetected and unreported.

The senator has been a leader in state efforts to prevent domestic abuse and provide more protections to victims.  She is author of the "Domestic Violence Heath Care Response Act" – which made Pennsylvania the first state in the nation to establish universal screening in selected hospitals.