21.   Awakened, she says, by visits to homeless shelters and refuges for battered women, Huffington grew critical of the Republican party and resolved to take action.

22.   Battered women who are forced to flee with their children from abusive husbands represent one group in vital need of legal services.

23.   Battered women also had no resources available to them.

24.   Battered women also need to be directly represented by a lawyer in legal proceedings, not just a prosecutor, she said.

25.   Battered women and their rescuers always are looking over their shoulder.

26.   Battered women were the focus of the seminar because women are so much more likely than men to suffer physical injuries in family violence.

27.   Because the center does extensive work with battered women, some callers have expressed fears about calling the police to report their abusers, La said.

28.   Battered women are a commonplace.

29.   Battered women find it difficult to make that permanent separation and often return to their abusers.

30.   Battered women usually must rely on court orders of protection to prevent their spouses from continuing to assault them, the mayor said.