Dear Friend,

Please help! Your quick action today could help prevent a child from being abused.

We have a great opportunity in Massachusetts to pass new child protection laws. More than 35 MA legislators have endorsed  a comprehensive bill to strengthen Massachusetts laws against sexual crimes against children.  This new legislation eliminates civil statutes that prevent victims from obtaining justice and that protect institutions that facilitate child abuse. 

Here’s what you can do: Write a short note to your state representative and state senator. (You can call and e-mail them, too.)  All the information you need is available at www.corsal.org.

It’s easy to find their contact info. Just go to www.corsal.org and click on: Find your legislator.  Then fax, mail, or e-mail your letter to your elected officials.

Please ask your legislators to support the Comprehensive Protection from Childhood Sexual Abuse Act of 2007. 

Will you make a difference?  Yes! If you write just one short letter (four sentences), you’ll make a difference. One state rep. said, “One letter gets noticed. And five letters is like an avalanche!” 

What’s our deadline? We need to act immediately.

In 2006, we made great progress by extending the time period during which perpetrators can be criminally prosecuted for sexual crimes against children.  Now we need to go further by eliminating all statutes that keep courthouse doors closed to victims and allow both perpetrators and the institutions that harbor them to evade responsibility for proven crimes.