Labour is worried about new research on domestic violence which shows women are often not getting help even when they do speak out.© 2010 The Radio Network Ltd
Auckland University has found 40 percent of women who experience sexual or physical abuse at the hands of a partner do not get help when they ask for it.
Labour's Lynne Pillay says the Government is not doing much to help. She says even after ACC's back-flip on sexual abuse counselling, it is still much harder now for victims to get support.
Ms Pillay says it is lunacy to see prevention measures being dumped and the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff, in the form of counselling, is gone too, so it is effectively a double whammy.
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