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In response to a lawsuit filed by the nonprofit group Men and Women Against Discrimination, this week, a Kanawha County judge ruled West Virginia's domestic violence rules discriminate against men. Kanawha County Judge Jim Stucky ruled the laws governing domestic violence assistance were based on the idea that only men could be the attackers and women the victims, an idea Stucky called unconstutional. He also ruled women abusers were denied access to treatment. His ruling will affect all domestic violence related programs in the state including publicly funded domestic violence shelters.