Historically, domestic abuse has been tolerated by the nation’s legal system, with minimal laws in place to criminalize the act and negligible enforcement of existing laws. Now, there is a threat to undermine the progress of recent decades and turn a blind eye to the matter. In an article for The Conversation, April Zeoli, an associate professor of public health at the University of Michigan, and other researchers discuss the effects of what is unfolding judicially in Texas.
