RAINN's issue-focused memos provide a comprehensive look at today's most pressing sexual violence issues. Leverage our expert insights to create and advance meaningful legislation that supports survivors of sexual violence and delivers justice to perpetrators.

Deepfakes: Nonconsensual Manipulated Intimate Material

The personal trauma of the nonconsensual use of a victim’s image or voice to create modified explicit material or the distribution of private material can last a lifetime. The harm is repeated every time the material is reproduced...

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Involuntary Pelvic Exams

Especially for survivors of sexual assault, ensuring that medical interactions are transparent and safe protects against retraumatization and avoidance of needed healthcare from fear. Transparency cannot occur without both the comfort and consent of patients and medical trainees...

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Statute of Limitations for Sex Crimes

We have a responsibility to create a system in which more victims choose to report because they believe it is in their best interest. This will serve states’ overall public safety interests, and support efforts to hold perpetrators of sexual assault—who are often serial criminals—accountable... 

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