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After sexual assault
For anyone in the United States who has been sexually assaulted, last night or years ago, and for the people beside them. Who answers at any hour. Medical care, and the medicine that has a deadline. The exam, and why it doesn’t commit you to anything. Reporting, if you choose to. What it costs. And the words to say when you call. It was not your fault, and you decide what happens next.
A word with a dotted line under it, like this, opens its official definition, quoted from a U.S. government glossary.
Right now
- In danger, or hurt? Call 911.
- To talk to someone trained for this, at any hour: the National Sexual Assault Hotline, 800-656-4673. RAINN, which runs it, says it is anonymous. You can also text HOPE to 64673.
- In the last three days? The CDC says medicine to prevent HIV must be started within 72 hours, and that every hour counts. An emergency room can start it.
- Can’t carry this tonight? Call or text 988.
More help
- The person is a partner, or lives with you? When home isn’t safe.
- Panic, or can’t breathe? When panic hits and Breathe and ground.
- Can’t sleep? Can’t sleep?
- Can’t say it out loud? Speak for me.
- A plan for the worst nights? Safety plan.
- Need a doctor or counselor and can’t pay? When you need a doctor and can’t pay.
- Need a lawyer and can’t pay? When you need a lawyer and can’t pay.
- Worried about someone else? When you’re worried about someone.
- All our free tools and Get help now.
This page and its wording were written with AI (Claude) for Scarlet Beast (our AI policy). The facts come from the Office on Women’s Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, RAINN, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, VictimConnect, the DoD Safe Helpline, StrongHearts Native Helpline, Childhelp, 1in6, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the 988 Lifeline, the National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards, the Deaf Hotline and ADWAS, the New York City Anti-Violence Project and Trans Lifeline. The phone numbers and statements were read on their own pages on October 1, 2026, and RAINN’s pages on the exam, DNA evidence, reporting, compensation, campuses and talking with survivors, with the lines for Deaf, LGBTQ+, trans and disabled survivors, on October 14, 2026. Things change, and laws differ from state to state, so check before you rely on any of them. Where we did not read something, such as each state’s own time limits for charges, how long each state keeps a kit, each state’s compensation rules, the Department of Education’s Title IX complaint process, or protective orders, the page says so and does not guess. A few lines are our own suggestions, and the page marks them as ours. This page saves nothing: no account, no cookies, nothing you tick is stored or sent, and no analytics (privacy). Scarlet Beast is not a rape crisis center, a clinic or a law firm, is not part of any government agency, and takes no money from anyone named here. Found a mistake? Email [email protected].