H.4350 has passed the Massachusetts Senate! H.4350 will allow survivors to seek justice against professionals who take advantage of their trust. Thank you to @SenatorBruceTarr and @RepKateHogan for their leadership and support for survivors!

Yesterday, Joe Biden signed the Debbie Smith Act into law, reauthorizing $150 million dollars to help process and analyze DNA evidence from sexual assault kits and other crime scenes. Thank you Ann Wagner and Senator John Cornyn for your leadership!

See how I speak at the DNC and hold sexual predators accountable for their actions? Very demure, very mindful #DNCConvention2024

Holding perpetrators accountable as a means of protecting and supporting survivors is core to RAINN’s 30 years of work for a world free from sexual violence.

Join us Sep. 16th @ 1PM for a Q + A between Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, @Weare_PACT, National Center on Sexual Exploitation, International Justice Mission, RAINN and @Childfund on the SHIELD Act, which is geared towards stopping sextortion and the exploitation of kids online. Tune in to learn how you can help pass this vital piece of legislation!

Congressional action is essential for protecting children online because it establishes safety standards, tackles online sexual exploitation, and holds tech companies accountable. Children’s online safety is at risk, and Congress must act decisively #ProtectKidsOnline

Sextortion involves perpetrators threatening to share intimate photos or videos of an adult or child unless they meet the perpetrator’s demands of money or sexual acts #ProtectKidsOnline