Photojournalist Richard M. Knittle, Sr. detailed the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council’s (DFWHC) Sept. 24 education meeting “Rape Kit Responsibility – The impact of Senate Bill 1191” on the website Demotix. Held in Dallas at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, the meeting was highlighted by an appearance from Sen. Wendy Davis who discussed her motivation behind passing SB 1191, which was enacted into law and became effective Sept. 1. More than 150 healthcare employees were in attendance.




Demotix is a website devoted to the work of freelance photojournalists. Knittle has been a professional photographer for three decades.

To see his photographs on the event, please click here.

You can also see his photographs detailing Davis’s appearance here.

A second “Rape Kit Responsibility” meeting is in the planning stages and is expected to take place in Fort Worth. For more information, please contact Kristin Alexander at kalexander@dfwhc.org.