When I've talked about this bill in public and strangers were alarmed at the disparity and inequitable treatment of sexual abuse victims. And so it's been a long time coming, but here we are today. Currently, settlement payments made on account of personal physical injuries or physical sickness are excludable from gross income. Yet many survivors face challenges proving that sexual assault resulted in physical injuries because they don't have evidence of quote unquote observable bodily harm and have been denied the tax exemption. (00:58–01:08)
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