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Rape Kit, Motherhood, and Consent in a Grey's Anatomy Episode

Silent All These Years , episode 19, season 15 of the longest running medical prime time drama on television, Shonda Rhimes'  Grey’s Anatomy,  is everything we need. The episode has two parallel stories revolving around the character of doctor Jo Karev (Camilla Luddington) whose meeting with her birth mother is revealed in flashback as she treats a patient named Abby (Khalilah Joi), who has been sexually assaulted. Having survived domestic violence, Jo Karev suspects Abby to have undergone something similar and assures her a safe space to speak about it if she wants to. Abby refuses treatment when another doctor, Teddy Altman (Kim Rave), is called for help. Teddy gains Abby's consent by treating her with utmost care and sensitivity without getting near her till she is allowed to. She suspects that Abby has been sexually assaulted which is later confirmed.  When doctors propose a rape kit for the patient in case she later wants to report the assault and get just...