However, I think that the question of whether or not any women were billed for their rape kits during Palin's time as mayor is irrelevant. The important thing is that the policy of billing the victim for her investigation would have a chilling effect on women being willing to report their having been raped in a town in the state that has the highest number of rape incidents per capita of any state in the US, and that the town of Wasilla during Palin's term as mayor was extremely reluctant to adopt the law requiring towns to pay for rape kits.