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Ted Cruz: “There is no reason a child lacks the emotional maturity of…”

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Trey's Law—Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

Published | Video Starts at 47:38

But. But speak out and advocate it, because the more people hear about this, I think it is basic common sense. There is no reason a child lacks the emotional maturity of to make a decision to bind themselves by an NDA. And Trey's Law is going to say, we're not going to allow children to be taken advantage of first when they're abused, but they're taken advantage of a second time … (47:38–47:49)

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Asserts that children lack the emotional maturity to consent to NDAs.

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