Law & Government

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | From the October 2024 issue

Forensic evidence can be an important tool in solving and prosecuting sexual assault cases, but some victims don't feel comfortable coming forward to police or medical examiners right away. Enter Leda Health, a company selling at-home 
evidence collection kits. "Collect time-sensitive DNA after sexual assault," the company advertises.

Typically, rape kits—as they are unfortunately called—are administered by medical professionals. With Leda's "early evidence kits," people collect potential DNA themselves and send it off to be processed by the company's partner labs.

But some states think Leda is overselling what its product can do for a victim.

"These kits essentially offer false promises to consumers by misleading them to think........

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