{"id":2218156,"date":"2024-04-11T07:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T11:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anna-paulina-luna-introduces-three-bills-targeting-child-abuse\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T07:39:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T11:39:02","slug":"anna-paulina-luna-introduces-three-bills-targeting-child-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anna-paulina-luna-introduces-three-bills-targeting-child-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Paulina Luna has proposed three bills to address child abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanna-paulina-luna-introduces-three-bills-targeting-child-abuse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2218156&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a first-term congresswoman from Florida, is introducing three bills \u2063targeting child abuse, child \u200cpornography, and related crimes. The legislation seeks to \u200craise federal mandates for offenders, with a focus on accountability and justice for victims. Luna emphasizes the importance of ensuring harsher penalties \u2064as a deterrent to protect children and vulnerable individuals. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a newly elected congresswoman representing Florida, is introducing three bills aimed \u200cat addressing child abuse, child pornography, and associated offenses. These proposed laws are designed to increase the required standards\u200b for those \u200cconvicted, \u2064underscoring the \u2062significance of accountability and justice for victims.\u200d Luna advocates \u200dfor stricter penalties to deter harm against \u2063children and other vulnerable individuals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/loyd-pettegrew-why-ron-desantis-shouldnt-run-for-president-in-2024\/\" title=\"Loyd Pettegrew: Why Ron DeSantis Shouldn\u2019t Run for President in 2024\">introducing legislation seeking<\/a> to raise federal mandates for those convicted of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/child-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>child abuse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/child-pornography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>child pornography<\/a>, and other related crimes to correct statutes that the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Florida<\/a> congresswoman calls \u201cscarily low.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Luna will introduce three bills, the Holding Child Predators Accountable Act, the No Repeat Child Sex Offenders Act, and the Justice for Rape Survivors Act, on Thursday. In an interview with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Luna, a first-term congresswoman, said she introduced the bills not only because she\u2019s a new mother but because she believes there is more Congress can do to protect children and victims of abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe looked at the current minimums, and it\u2019s pretty egregious that you can essentially take someone\u2019s life in the sense that, you know, you rape a child \u2014 one of our most vulnerable and innocent, and yet the minimums that are associated with that are pretty scarily low,\u201d Luna said.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the three bills seeks to raise the federal minimum to either life imprisonment or the death penalty for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-sex-trafficking-advocates-slam-twitter-on-heels-of-bombshell-lawsuit-from-teen-victim\/\" title=\"Anti-Sex Trafficking Advocates Slam Twitter On Heels Of Bombshell Lawsuit From Teen Victim\">sex abuse<\/a> and other related crimes, and two of the three focus on children specifically.<\/p>\n<p>The Holding Child Predators Accountable Act focuses on child pornography and seeks to mandate the death penalty or life imprisonment for those convicted. The No Repeat Child Sex Offenders Act\u00a0tackles crimes against children and child trafficking. If passed, it would mandate the death penalty or life imprisonment for those convicted.<\/p>\n<p>The Justice for Rape Survivors Act, which is the only bill that focuses on adults, tackles sexual abuse of adults and mandates at least 30 years or life imprisonment for those convicted.<\/p>\n<p>Luna said she has spoken with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), who \u201cseemed supportive,\u201d and that the legislation will be coming to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida congresswoman said raising the federal minimums would not only work to bring justice for families and for the individual but would also serve as a \u201cdeterrent\u201d for criminals. Though the bills seek life imprisonment as well as the death penalty, Luna said she would prefer the death penalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRape is an act that can really destroy someone\u2019s life, and if not make them suicidal, and that needs to be a higher standard,\u201d Luna said, referring to the statutes.<\/p>\n<p>Like many Republicans, Luna champions states\u2019 rights. However, she said some of the minimums that she and other lawmakers are seeing in states are \u201conly enabling these predators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our viewpoint, you cannot rehabilitate a predator,\u201d Luna said. \u201cAnd so this is ultimately setting the standard of justice equally across the country, which is well within our purview.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Luna, who had her first child in August 2023, has spent much of her first term in Congress working on bills centered on women and new mothers. In January, she and Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA) co-wrote bipartisan legislation that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2801753\/anna-paulina-luna-reverses-stance-proxy-voting-only-new-mothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>allow women to vote by proxy<\/a> for the first six weeks after giving birth.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Alabama Supreme Court decision that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-gov-signs-legislation-protecting-ivf-providers-from-being-legally-liable\/\" title=\"Alabama Gov. signs law shielding IVF providers from legal liability\">ruled frozen embryos<\/a> were children, Luna introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2921812\/anna-paulina-luna-introduces-ivf-legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>first Republican-sponsored bill<\/a> aimed at prohibiting states from blocking women from receiving in vitro fertilization treatment if a doctor has certified it is medically necessary to conceive. It would offer protections for those who use or implement the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Luna said when she started down the path of creating the three bills introduced Thursday, it was \u201creally alarming\u201d to find that there was not more work done on the topic.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou would think that we\u2019re supposed to be representing a massive portion of the population \u2014 and every single parent, I\u2019m not even kidding, that I\u2019ve told this, or had this discussion in regards to this bill to, they\u2019ve all been supportive of it,\u201d Luna said. \u201cThey\u2019re like, \u2018I can\u2019t believe that this isn\u2019t an actual statute already.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just hope that parents understand that we are fighting for their kids and protecting them at the federal level and that we don\u2019t want to, at all, in any way, shape, or form, allow these monsters to get away with some of the things that they\u2019re doing against our children,\u201d Luna continued.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) is set to unveil legislation to elevate federal requirements for individuals found guilty of child abuse, child pornography, and related offenses due to what she deems as alarmingly lenient laws. 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