This is for Americans specifically, but if anyone else has Americans on their email lists, try to lend a few minutes to pass this on to them.

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Part One:
a) Forward this to every mailing list you are on and post it on every forum you belong to. Spotlight it on your podcast or any podcast you are on.
b) Ask your brothers, sisters, mother and father to write too.

This one is too important to miss getting any person who will write to join in.

Part Two:
After you finish part one;
a) Open the reports linked below.
b) Print hard copies of both of them.
c) Hand deliver them to your Congressperson’s district office nearest to where you live.
d) Tell how important these reports are and why they are important.

Part Three:
a) Repeat a and b from Part Two -- twice.
b) Hand deliver or snail mail copies to both of your state’s Senators main office in your state.
c) Follow-up by phone, ask to speak to the staff person who deals with this issues.
d) Verify that they received the reports and have read them.
e) Thank them for their time.


Try to get this done by Wednesday because the “Fix VAWA Now!” campaign is just getting up to steam.

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From: RADAR Info [mailto:info@mediaradar.org]
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 3:20 AM
Subject: RADAR ALERT: Tell the ABA President to Get His Facts Straight



RADAR ALERT:

Tell the ABA President to Get His Facts Straight

On June 2, 2008, RADAR released two special reports, Myths of ABA Commission on Domestic Violence,1,2 that analyzed the 19 statements made in the flyer put out by the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Domestic Violence, "10 Myths about Custody and Domestic Violence and How to Counter Them."

Among the flyer's 19 claims, 11 were found to be false, three misleading, and three unsupported by existing research. Only two claims were found to be correct. And some errors are egregious.

For example, the flyer states that "False allegations are no more common in divorce or custody disputes than at any time." But this claim, which flies in the face of common sense, is debunked by research showing that false allegations increase four-fold during custody and access disputes.

The flyer represents a crass attempt by the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence to further bias the administration of family law, to falsely stereotype fathers as abusers, and to force more children into single-parent households.

Just prior to their public release, RADAR sent the reports to the president of the ABA, William H. Neukom, Esq., with a letter asking that the ABA suspend distribution of the flyer until the errors and misrepresentations are corrected. We requested a response by July 15, 2008. To date, there has been no response.

With our letter to Mr. Neukom, the ABA was put on notice of the misinformation contained in the flyer. The ABA's decision to do nothing means it stands behind the misrepresentations, falsehoods, and lies.

This week, we ask that you contact William Neukom and ask him to have the ABA remove "10 Myths about Custody and Domestic Violence and How to Counter Them" from its website and stop selling copies of it. He can be contacted electronically: abapresident@abanet.org.

Please be courteous but firm. Tell him, as nicely as you can, to get his facts straight.



1 Myths of the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence: Summary Report, http://www.mediaradar.org/docs/RADARreport-Myths-of-ABA-Commission-on-DV-Summary.pdf


2 Myths of the ABA Commission on Domestic Violence: Detailed Report, http://www.mediaradar.org/docs/RADARreport-Myths-of-ABA-Commission-on-DV-Detailed.pdf

Thanks for putting that together.