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Opinion: Loss of sexual assault centre funding puts lives at risk

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In Budget 2025 , Alberta government has taken away wait-list funding for sexual assault centres.

The cuts have resulted in pausing intakes for clinical services at the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton .

Survivors of sexual assault are 31-per cent more likely to attempt suicide than those of non-violent crime victims.

Alberta 's budget will not be able to reverse the cuts without the voices of Albertans .

Kristin Raworth is a sexual violence survivor advocate and former spokesperson for the provincial I Believe You campaign.

She had advocated for provincial and federal legislation to better support survivors of sexual violence.

Raworth: "I share my story in hopes you will contact not just your MLA but Premier Danielle Smith and Children and Family Services Minister Searle Turton ".

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