In most states, the law sets a deadline on when a survivor of child sexual abuse can seek justice. Most survivors are nowhere near ready to speak inside that deadline. Ending the Statute is working to remove it in all 50 states. We need ten million names to say so with us.
She is not asking anyone to do something she has not already done. She wrote her own pledge, in her own words, and signed it before this page existed.
No more silence, shadows, or dark corners for those abused by someone they know, love, or trust.
No more protecting the perpetrator because they're in my house, my family, my neighborhood, my school, my community, my congregation.
No more access to our children, no matter who I have to bring into the light of justice.
More HOPE for healing, for prevention, for awareness.
It starts and ends with me.
Statutes of limitation are written state by state, so where you live is what turns your name into leverage. That is the only reason we ask.
599 people have added their names beside Jan's, from 49 states and 19 other countries. Some are survivors. Some love one. All of them decided the clock should not get the last word.
North Dakota is the last state without a name. Washington, DC does not have one yet either. If you know someone there, send them this page. One name fills in the map.
There is no single statute of limitations. Five separate deadlines decide whether a survivor can be heard, and most states have fixed only one of them. We graded all 50 states and the District of Columbia on every one.