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	==Support Hotline==		==Support Hotline==
	Women Against Registry operates a support hotline in collaboration with [[RSOL\|Reform Sex Offenders Law, Inc]] and [[SOSEN~~]]{{who\|date=October 2015}}~~ to provide hope and support to registrants, their family members, and friends affected by the collateral damage caused by the sex offender registry.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Contact Us - W.A.R\|url=https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/page-1730789\|website=www.womenagainstregistry.org\|publisher=Women Against Registry}}</ref> It is staffed by volunteers. The support hotline was originally an initiative of RSOL, but it is currently funded and operated by W.A.R..		Women Against Registry operates a support hotline in collaboration with [[RSOL\|Reform Sex Offenders Law, Inc]] and SOSEN to provide hope and support to registrants, their family members, and friends affected by the collateral damage caused by the sex offender registry.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Contact Us - W.A.R\|url=https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/page-1730789\|website=www.womenagainstregistry.org\|publisher=Women Against Registry}}</ref> It is staffed by volunteers. The support hotline was originally an initiative of RSOL, but it is currently funded and operated by W.A.R..

	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''Women Against Registry (W.A.R.)''' is a U.S. non-profit organization, based in [[~~Arnold,~~ Missouri]], which works to obtain changes in laws affecting sex offenders. Most W.A.R. members are mothers, wives, girlfriends, and other family members of persons convicted of a sexual offense. W.A.R. does not advocate abolishing [[Sex offender registries in the United States\|sex offender registries]] altogether, but wants officials to be more judicious in deciding who poses a risk, instead of the current policies applied to all offenders indiscriminately.<ref name=movement>{{cite news\|title=Capmpaign for Elkhart 19-year-old underscores broader concerns about sex offender registries\|url=http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/politics/Indiana-Buzz/2015/06/09/Campaign-for-Elkhart-19-year-old-Zach-Anderson-underscores-broader-concerns-about-sex-offender-registries.html\|work=The Elkhart Truth\|date=9 June 2015}}</ref>		'''Women Against Registry (W.A.R.)''' is a U.S. non-profit organization, based in Arnold, [[Missouri]], which works to obtain changes in laws affecting sex offenders. Most W.A.R. members are mothers, wives, girlfriends, and other family members of persons convicted of a sexual offense. W.A.R. does not advocate abolishing [[Sex offender registries in the United States\|sex offender registries]] altogether, but wants officials to be more judicious in deciding who poses a risk, instead of the current policies applied to all offenders indiscriminately.<ref name=movement>{{cite news\|title=Capmpaign for Elkhart 19-year-old underscores broader concerns about sex offender registries\|url=http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/politics/Indiana-Buzz/2015/06/09/Campaign-for-Elkhart-19-year-old-Zach-Anderson-underscores-broader-concerns-about-sex-offender-registries.html\|work=The Elkhart Truth\|date=9 June 2015}}</ref>

	== Purpose ==		== Purpose ==

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External links

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	*[https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/ Women Against Registry official website]		*[https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/ Women Against Registry official website]
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	[[Category:RSOL Organizations]]		[[Category:RSOL Organizations]]

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Purpose

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	== Purpose ==		== Purpose ==
	~~{{Sex offender registries in the United States}}~~
	[[File:Child_protesting_against_hardship_caused_by_strict_sex_offender_policies.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Child protesting the strict sex offender policies at Lauren Book's Rally in Tally, at [[Tallahassee, Florida]] in April 22, 2015<ref name=advocates_fight>{{cite news\|title=Advocates Fight for Sex Offender Rights With Lawsuit\|url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/advocates-fight-for-sex-offender-rights-with-lawsuit-6935537\|work=Broward Palm Beach New Times\|date=17 April 2015}}</ref>]]		[[File:Child_protesting_against_hardship_caused_by_strict_sex_offender_policies.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Child protesting the strict sex offender policies at Lauren Book's Rally in Tally, at [[Tallahassee, Florida]] in April 22, 2015<ref name=advocates_fight>{{cite news\|title=Advocates Fight for Sex Offender Rights With Lawsuit\|url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/advocates-fight-for-sex-offender-rights-with-lawsuit-6935537\|work=Broward Palm Beach New Times\|date=17 April 2015}}</ref>]]
	The organization is focused on fostering awareness of the collateral damage suffered by the families of registrants. It asserts that while there is no evidence that public registries are effective in deterring sexual crime,<ref name=ATSA1>{{cite web\|title=The Registration and Community Notification of Adult Sexual Offenders\|url=http://www.atsa.com/registration-and-community-notification-adult-sexual-offenders\|website=http://www.atsa.com\|publisher=Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers\|accessdate=14 November 2014\|date=April 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Sexual Offender Residence Restrictions\|url=http://www.atsa.com/sexual-offender-residence-restrictions\|website=http://www.atsa.com\|publisher=Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers\|accessdate=14 November 2014\|date=April 5, 2010}}</ref> the registrants, their children, spouses, and other family members, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, suffer daily harassment, social exclusion, depression, anxiety, and even [[vigilante]] attacks; this contributes to the destruction of families.<ref name=WARabout /><ref>{{cite news\|last1=Ulmer\|first1=Nick\|title=Taking a Stand: Women Against Registry responds to our 14 News investigation\|url=http://www.14news.com/story/24789519/taking-a-stand-women-against-registry-respond-to-our-14-news-investigation\|accessdate=17 November 2014\|work=14news\|agency=NBC\|date=21 February 2014}}</ref> W.A.R. opposes current mandatory laws governing sex offender registration and monitoring, which take away [[judicial discretion]] of courts as to whether an offender must register. W.A.R. believes that monitoring should happen only when found appropriate by a judge as part of the sentencing process.<ref name=WARabout>{{cite web\|title=We Believe\|url=https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/page-1730782\|website=www.womenagainstregistry.org\|publisher=Women Against Registry\|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref>		The organization is focused on fostering awareness of the collateral damage suffered by the families of registrants. It asserts that while there is no evidence that public registries are effective in deterring sexual crime,<ref name=ATSA1>{{cite web\|title=The Registration and Community Notification of Adult Sexual Offenders\|url=http://www.atsa.com/registration-and-community-notification-adult-sexual-offenders\|website=http://www.atsa.com\|publisher=Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers\|accessdate=14 November 2014\|date=April 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Sexual Offender Residence Restrictions\|url=http://www.atsa.com/sexual-offender-residence-restrictions\|website=http://www.atsa.com\|publisher=Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers\|accessdate=14 November 2014\|date=April 5, 2010}}</ref> the registrants, their children, spouses, and other family members, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, suffer daily harassment, social exclusion, depression, anxiety, and even [[vigilante]] attacks; this contributes to the destruction of families.<ref name=WARabout /><ref>{{cite news\|last1=Ulmer\|first1=Nick\|title=Taking a Stand: Women Against Registry responds to our 14 News investigation\|url=http://www.14news.com/story/24789519/taking-a-stand-women-against-registry-respond-to-our-14-news-investigation\|accessdate=17 November 2014\|work=14news\|agency=NBC\|date=21 February 2014}}</ref> W.A.R. opposes current mandatory laws governing sex offender registration and monitoring, which take away [[judicial discretion]] of courts as to whether an offender must register. W.A.R. believes that monitoring should happen only when found appropriate by a judge as part of the sentencing process.<ref name=WARabout>{{cite web\|title=We Believe\|url=https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/page-1730782\|website=www.womenagainstregistry.org\|publisher=Women Against Registry\|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref>

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/ Women Against Registry official website]		*[https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/ Women Against Registry official website]
	[[Category:~~Law]]~~		[[Category:RSOL Organizations]]
	~~[[Category:Activism]]~~
	~~[[Category:~~Organizations]]
	~~[[Category:Sexuality and society~~]]

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			{{Law icon}}
	'''Women Against Registry (W.A.R.)''' is a U.S. non-profit organization, based in [[Arnold, Missouri]], which works to obtain changes in laws affecting sex offenders. Most W.A.R. members are mothers, wives, girlfriends, and other family members of persons convicted of a sexual offense. W.A.R. does not advocate abolishing [[Sex offender registries in the United States\|sex offender registries]] altogether, but wants officials to be more judicious in deciding who poses a risk, instead of the current policies applied to all offenders indiscriminately.<ref name=movement>{{cite news\|title=Capmpaign for Elkhart 19-year-old underscores broader concerns about sex offender registries\|url=http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/politics/Indiana-Buzz/2015/06/09/Campaign-for-Elkhart-19-year-old-Zach-Anderson-underscores-broader-concerns-about-sex-offender-registries.html\|work=The Elkhart Truth\|date=9 June 2015}}</ref>		'''Women Against Registry (W.A.R.)''' is a U.S. non-profit organization, based in [[Arnold, Missouri]], which works to obtain changes in laws affecting sex offenders. Most W.A.R. members are mothers, wives, girlfriends, and other family members of persons convicted of a sexual offense. W.A.R. does not advocate abolishing [[Sex offender registries in the United States\|sex offender registries]] altogether, but wants officials to be more judicious in deciding who poses a risk, instead of the current policies applied to all offenders indiscriminately.<ref name=movement>{{cite news\|title=Capmpaign for Elkhart 19-year-old underscores broader concerns about sex offender registries\|url=http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/politics/Indiana-Buzz/2015/06/09/Campaign-for-Elkhart-19-year-old-Zach-Anderson-underscores-broader-concerns-about-sex-offender-registries.html\|work=The Elkhart Truth\|date=9 June 2015}}</ref>

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/ Women Against Registry official website]		*[https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/ Women Against Registry official website]
			[[Category:Law]]
			[[Category:Activism]]
			[[Category:Organizations]]
			[[Category:Sexuality and society]]

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'''Women Against Registry (W.A.R.)''' is a U.S. non-profit organization, based in [[Arnold, Missouri]], which works to obtain changes in laws affecting sex offenders. Most W.A.R. members are mothers, wives, girlfriends, and other family members of persons convicted of a sexual offense. W.A.R. does not advocate abolishing [[Sex offender registries in the United States|sex offender registries]] altogether, but wants officials to be more judicious in deciding who poses a risk, instead of the current policies applied to all offenders indiscriminately.<ref name=movement>{{cite news|title=Capmpaign for Elkhart 19-year-old underscores broader concerns about sex offender registries|url=http://www.elkharttruth.com/news/politics/Indiana-Buzz/2015/06/09/Campaign-for-Elkhart-19-year-old-Zach-Anderson-underscores-broader-concerns-about-sex-offender-registries.html|work=The Elkhart Truth|date=9 June 2015}}</ref>

== Purpose ==
{{Sex offender registries in the United States}}
[[File:Child_protesting_against_hardship_caused_by_strict_sex_offender_policies.jpg|thumb|right|Child protesting the strict sex offender policies at Lauren Book's Rally in Tally, at [[Tallahassee, Florida]] in April 22, 2015<ref name=advocates_fight>{{cite news|title=Advocates Fight for Sex Offender Rights With Lawsuit|url=http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/advocates-fight-for-sex-offender-rights-with-lawsuit-6935537|work=Broward Palm Beach New Times|date=17 April 2015}}</ref>]]
The organization is focused on fostering awareness of the collateral damage suffered by the families of registrants. It asserts that while there is no evidence that public registries are effective in deterring sexual crime,<ref name=ATSA1>{{cite web|title=The Registration and Community Notification of Adult Sexual Offenders|url=http://www.atsa.com/registration-and-community-notification-adult-sexual-offenders|website=http://www.atsa.com|publisher=Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers|accessdate=14 November 2014|date=April 5, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sexual Offender Residence Restrictions|url=http://www.atsa.com/sexual-offender-residence-restrictions|website=http://www.atsa.com|publisher=Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers|accessdate=14 November 2014|date=April 5, 2010}}</ref> the registrants, their children, spouses, and other family members, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, suffer daily harassment, social exclusion, depression, anxiety, and even [[vigilante]] attacks; this contributes to the destruction of families.<ref name=WARabout /><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ulmer|first1=Nick|title=Taking a Stand: Women Against Registry responds to our 14 News investigation|url=http://www.14news.com/story/24789519/taking-a-stand-women-against-registry-respond-to-our-14-news-investigation|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=14news|agency=NBC|date=21 February 2014}}</ref> W.A.R. opposes current mandatory laws governing sex offender registration and monitoring, which take away [[judicial discretion]] of courts as to whether an offender must register. W.A.R. believes that monitoring should happen only when found appropriate by a judge as part of the sentencing process.<ref name=WARabout>{{cite web|title=We Believe|url=https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/page-1730782|website=www.womenagainstregistry.org|publisher=Women Against Registry|accessdate=17 November 2014}}</ref>

W.A.R. opposes public disclosure of registrants' information, arguing that after the offender has served his or her sentence and is leading a law-abiding life, his information should not be displayed on public websites. It notes that a public registry serves as a "hit-list" for vigilante attacks,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Levin|first1=Sam|title=Missouri Sex Offenders: "Women Against Registry" Says Labels Unfairly Destroy Lives|url=http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2013/09/missouri_sex_offenders_women_against_registry.php|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=Riverfront Times|agency=Riverfront Times, LLC|date=5 September 2013|ref=riverfront}}</ref> and subject the children of even the most petty offenders to serious adverse consequences.<ref>{{cite news|title=Does the Sex Offender Registry Protect Children? Critics Say 'Think Again'|url=http://foxbaltimore.com/news/features/cover-story/stories/does-sex-offender-registry-protect-children-critics-say-think-again-1119.shtml#.VGQnmcnDU7S|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=Fox Baltimore|publisher=WBFF|date=11 November 2014}}</ref>

W.A.R. aims to educate lawmakers and society about the discrimination that family members of registered offenders face, through press releases<ref>{{cite news|title=Voting Issue in Missouri, Another Questionable Approach to Justice|url=http://www.connecttristates.com/community/press_release.aspx?id=1108945|accessdate=17 November 2014|work=ConnectTriStates|agency=KHQA|date=2 October 2014}}</ref> and attending the [[National Conference of State Legislatures]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 Legislative Summit: Exhibitors Listing|url=http://www.ncsl.org/meetings-training/summit-2013/exhibits/exhibitor-listing.aspx|website=http://www.ncsl.org|publisher=NCSL Legislative Summit|accessdate=17 November 2014|date=25 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Exhibitors|url=http://www.ncsl.org/portals/1/Forms/exhibitorlisting14.htm|website=http://www.ncsl.org/|accessdate=17 November 2014|date=10 November 2014}}</ref>

==Federal class action law suits==

In April 2015 Women Against Registry announced that it has begun gathering information and participants for two class action lawsuits to be filed in [[United States federal court]]. One of the law suits is intended to be on behalf of registered sex offenders, and the second on behalf of families of registered sex offenders.<ref>{{cite news|title=Women seek to dissolve sex offender registry |url=http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/article_bc63950b-4960-5b39-bc77-49d2dcf5ed99.html|work=News-PressNow|date=17 May 2015}}</ref> According to W.A.R., both suits are anticipated to be filed in early fall of 2015 in the [[United States district court|United States 8th District Federal Court]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Class Action Law Suit on Behalf of Registered Sex Offenders|url=https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/ClassActionRegistrants|publisher=Women Against Registry|accessdate=20 April 2015}}</ref>

==Support Hotline==
Women Against Registry operates a support hotline in collaboration with [[RSOL|Reform Sex Offenders Law, Inc]] and [[SOSEN]]{{who|date=October 2015}} to provide hope and support to registrants, their family members, and friends affected by the collateral damage caused by the sex offender registry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact Us - W.A.R|url=https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/page-1730789|website=www.womenagainstregistry.org|publisher=Women Against Registry}}</ref> It is staffed by volunteers. The support hotline was originally an initiative of RSOL, but it is currently funded and operated by W.A.R..

==See also==
*[[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]]
*[[Arkansas Time After Time]]
*[[Florida Action Committee]]
*[[California Reform Sex Offender Laws]]
*[[Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry|USA FAIR, Inc.]]
*[[Illinois Voices for Reform]]
*[[Michigan Citizens for Justice]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.womenagainstregistry.org/ Women Against Registry official website]

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	==See also==		==See also==
			*[[California Reform Sex Offender Laws Organization]]
			*[[Sex offender registry]]
			*[[The Center for Sexual Justice]]
			*[[SOR problems‎]]
			*[[Criminalisation of youth]]
	*[[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]]		*[[Reform Sex Offender Laws, Inc.]]
	*[[Arkansas Time After Time]]		*[[Arkansas Time After Time]]
	*[[Florida Action Committee]]
	*[[California Reform Sex Offender Laws]]
	*[[Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry\|USA FAIR, Inc.]]		*[[Families Advocating an Intelligent Registry\|USA FAIR, Inc.]]
	*[[Illinois Voices for Reform]]		*[[Illinois Voices for Reform]]
	*[[Michigan Citizens for Justice]]		*[[Michigan Citizens for Justice]]
			*[[Women Against Registry\|Women Against Registry - W.A.R]]

	==References==		==References==