SOL TRACKER UPDATE · MAY 29, 2026 Two updates from the 2026 SOL Tracker. CHILD USA tracks statute of limitations reform in all 50 states, D.C., U.S. territories, and federal jurisdictions. Two developments this month — a new enactment in Iowa, and a confirmed...
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When the Body Remembers: The Physical Health Toll of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Over the past 30 years, research has linked childhood sexual abuse to many adult health problems, with similar findings across countries and study types.
Twice Wounded Part 3: What Can Actually Be Done: Three Things the System Could Change Right Now
This essay explores how interviews are conducted, how courtrooms treat child witnesses, and how legal professionals learn about trauma. This blog takes each of those in turn, what the research says works, where it has been tried, and what still stands in the way.
The Myth of the Vote: Examining Creditor Protections for Survivors in Child Sex Abuse Bankruptcies
When I first started law school in 2023, taking a bankruptcy course was at the top of my list. But it wasn’t because I wanted to be a bankruptcy lawyer; instead, knowing that I wanted to represent survivors, many mentors said that they did not know the first thing about bankruptcy, but that if they could do law school over again, they would have taken that doctrinal class. The trend was clear: so many defendants were trying to file for bankruptcy to escape accountability.
TWICE WOUNDED Part 2 of the Twice Wounded Series Why Retraumatization Happens
In part two of this series, we examined what happens to children who testify about sexual abuse, including nightmares, behavioral changes, and long-lasting harm. Now, we must ask why. Why does a process designed to deliver justice often cause more harm? The answer lies in two places: inside the child’s brain and within the structure of the legal system. When these two areas interact, the damage is not accidental; it’s built in.
TWICE WOUNDED
What really happens to children who testify about sexual abuse?
and what the research says we must do differently
This piece examines that evidence in three parts: what retraumatization in the courtroom looks like and what it costs; why it happens, from the neuroscience of traumatic memory to the structural features of adversarial legal proceedings; and what we already know how to do differently because the research that documents the problem also clearly points toward solutions.
The evidence is clear, but the real question is whether we are willing to act on it.
25-949: John Doe, et al. v. X Corp., fka Twitter, Inc.
John Doe, et al. v. X Corp., fka Twitter, Inc.
Grooming and Prevention: It Takes More Than Telling Kids to “Speak Up”
Grooming can be defined by examining it through three social-ecological levels: micro, meso, and macro. Each level can either make grooming easier or much more difficult.
Digital Media and Child Sexual Abuse: Foe, Friend, or an Unfinished Fight?
Our Social Science Director, Dr. Suruchi Sood, Outlines the Facts of CSAM
Q.G v. City of New York, Spence-Chapin Services to Children and Families
CHILD USA wrote this amicus brief in support of Plaintiff-Appellant arguing that blanket governmental immunity is inconsistent with the legislative intent in passing New York's Child Victims Act. [pdf-embedder...