NEW YORK — Only a handful of states have responded to teen dating violence with laws enabling the youthful victims to obtain protection orders on equal terms with adults, an advocacy group says in a new national survey.
Report: Most states lag with dating-violence laws
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 | 1:33 a.m. CDT;
updated 7:54 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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