Support Virginia’s Law Today: Eliminate Federal Statute of Limitations So Victims Are Never Denied Justice
Imagine surviving years of hidden abuse, finally gathering the courage to speak—only to hear the system reply: “Your time has expired.” For countless adult victims of sexual abuse and sex trafficking, that cruel barrier has protected predators far too long.
Virginia’s Law changes that forever.
Introduced by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, this federal bill eliminates the civil statute of limitations entirely. Survivors can file claims whenever they are ready—no 10-year cutoff, no jurisdictional games. A one-year lookback window reopens doors previously slammed shut.
Honoring Virginia Giuffre’s unyielding fight, the law declares: time will never again be an abuser’s shield.
Justice delayed is justice denied. Today, we can end that denial.
Call your representatives. Support Virginia’s Law. Let survivors know their truth still matters.
Justice has no expiration date.
Support Virginia’s Law Today: Eliminate Federal Statute of Limitations So Victims Are Never Denied Justice
Imagine surviving years of hidden abuse, finally gathering the courage to speak—only to hear the system reply: “Your time has expired.” For countless adult victims of sexual abuse and sex trafficking, that cruel barrier has protected predators far too long, allowing abusers to hide behind rigid timelines while trauma, PTSD, fear, coercion, and manipulation delay healing and disclosure—often for decades. Research shows 94% of rape survivors experience PTSD symptoms shortly after assault, underscoring why justice cannot be bound by arbitrary deadlines.
Virginia’s Law changes that forever.
Introduced on February 10, 2026, by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), Chair of the House Democratic Women’s Caucus, this landmark federal bill—known as Virginia’s Law—eliminates the civil statute of limitations entirely for key federal claims related to sexual abuse and sex trafficking. It amends 18 U.S.C. § 1595 to remove time limits for suits under trafficking provisions (§§ 1589, 1590, 1591) and creates new causes of action without restrictions for sexual abuse and related offenses (§§ 2241–2243, 2421–2423). No more 10-year cutoffs that force survivors to race against their own recovery. No jurisdictional games letting abusers flee across borders to evade accountability.
A one-year lookback window reopens doors previously slammed shut, allowing survivors whose claims expired to file within one year of enactment. This builds on 2022 reforms that removed limits for child victims but left many adult survivors without recourse, as federal law often required filing within 10 years of the abuse or turning 18—or offered no civil remedy for certain crimes.
Named in honor of Virginia Giuffre—the fearless Epstein accuser and advocate who died by suicide on April 25, 2025, at age 41 in Neergabby, Western Australia—the law transforms her legacy into lasting change. Giuffre, trafficked as a teenager, exposed Epstein’s network through lawsuits and public advocacy, inspiring others and contributing to convictions like Ghislaine Maxwell’s. Her posthumous memoir Nobody’s Girl (October 2025) further revealed the enduring toll of abuse. At the Capitol unveiling, her brother Sky Roberts Jr. said, “Grief without action is another kind of silence. And Virginia did not survive what she survived just to be silenced again.” Sister-in-law Amanda Roberts affirmed: “We see you, we believe you, and what happened to you matters.”
“Time should never be a weapon in an abuser’s arsenal,” Fernández declared, stressing predators rely on wealth, power, and the clock. Schumer added, “Jeffrey Epstein depended on silence and fear, on a system that protected power instead of protecting people. Today we are saying no more.” Justice should not have an expiration date.
In a divided Congress, with no Republican co-sponsors yet, the bill faces challenges—but its moral urgency is clear. Justice delayed is justice denied. Today, we can end that denial.
Call your representatives. Urge them to co-sponsor and pass Virginia’s Law. Let survivors know their truth still matters—and that accountability knows no time limit.
Justice has no expiration date.
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