the victim. They can give a description of the aggressor, but the doctor can only prove whether one was raped or not.
Alice: If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?
The victim is the one that can press charges, though the doctors and nurses and really, anybody who wants to help the victim, can do their best to make sure the victim gets represented.
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est.
"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly." ~ Richard Bach
Both. It's actually basically anyones obligation to report it, including doctors of any kind. Rape and abuse are two of the things that people have to report no matter what. But the victim by law does not ever have to press charges, that is their choice.
The simple truth is that authors like making people squirm. If this weren't the case, all novels would be filled completely with cute bunnies having birthday parties. — Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
