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Before we talk about what we believe should be a law, lets go through some background information...
1 out of every 7 children are abused. Thats over 6 million in the United States.
seconds. Thats 6 reports every minute, 360 every hour, and 8,640 every day!
of children that die as a result of child abuse are under the age of 4.
Approximately 30% of abused children will later abuse their own children.
In a study 80% of 21 year olds that were abused as children had a psychological disorder.
Child Abuse
mental problems
There have been multiple incidents where child abuse has been reported but not acted on. These reports, that were not investigated, resulted in the deaths of many children.
As you can see, it is important that this idea should become a law. If you would like to help us in trying to make this a law, you can write a letter to your local representative.
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