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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ powerful rape episode resulted in a spike in hotline calls



Fourteen years into the historic run of “Grey’s Anatomy,” one of the series’ most moving episodes to date correlated with a spike in calls to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. 

RAINN saw a 43% increase in calls to its National Sexual Assault Hotline after the March 28 “Grey’s Anatomy” episode, RAINN representative Erinn Robinson told USA TODAY.

RAINN also confirmed that the organization consulted with the writers on the episode, titled “Silent All These Years,” after a 1992 song by the group’s first spokeswoman, Tori Amos.

The episode depicted the administration of a rape kit in an accurate and detailed way not often seen on television. “Grey’s Anatomy” writer Elisabeth Finch and showrunner Krista Vernoff revealed to the Hollywood Reporter that the show’s creator, Shonda Rhimes, stood firm when ABC’s Standards and Practices department tried to give her notes about changing those scenes.

Not only did the network’s censors leave the rape kit scenes intact but one of the executives who originally objected to the scenes ended up in a montage scene in which the hospital’s female staff line the hallway to show support to a rape victim (played by guest star Khalilah Joi) as she is wheeled to surgery.

In March, “Grey’s Anatomy” surpassed NBC’s “ER” as TV’s longest-running medical drama with 332 episodes.

More: 7 reasons why ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ has outlasted ‘ER’



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