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Patricia Virgil talks about being in foster care Tuesday, May 3, 2016, in The Woodlands, Texas. As part of a lawsuit against Texas, Virgil testified she was placed in foster care at 12 after enduring “all forms of abuse” from her stepfather. There, she said, a fellow foster child choked her until she passed out, and a shelter worker kicked her awake. She testified that at a foster group home, the foster father sexually abused her. She told her caseworker, but “nothing ever happened,” she testified. Officials noted in her record that she was “wearing provocative clothing” and “asking for it,” she said in an interview. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Patricia Virgil talks about being in foster care Tuesday, May 3, 2016, in The Woodlands, Texas. As part of a lawsuit against Texas, Virgil testified she was placed in foster care at 12 after enduring “all forms of abuse” from her stepfather. There, she said, a fellow foster child choked her until she passed out, and a shelter worker kicked her awake. She testified that at a foster group home, the foster father sexually abused her. She told her caseworker, but “nothing ever happened,” she testified. Officials noted in her record that she was “wearing provocative clothing” and “asking for it,” she said in an interview. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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