A ‘Bill Of Rights’ Aims To Keep Child Athletes Safe From Sex Abuse As Olympics Begin

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After the Larry Nassar scandal, advocates are calling on sports groups, gyms and more to commit to preventing child sexual abuse by adopting the set of principles.

Athletes, especially child athletes, need to know they can speak up, Danielle Moore, board secretary of The Army of Survivors, who is also a survivor of Nassar’s abuse, told HuffPost.

Implementing policies to better protect children feels like something everyone can get on board with. But Ruck and Moore expect some pushback from club gyms and other facilities around the country, especially in gymnastics, where the sport as a whole is still reeling from the Nassar scandal. Ruck and others at Child USA are already working to incentivize organizations to implement the Child Athlete Bill of Rights by tying it to insurance. If a gym or club can get a discount on insurance by adopting these policies, or even requiring a facility to implement these policies in order to receive insurance, that would go a long way, Ruck said.

“It’s important to remember that those athletes on TV have had to sacrifice their mental health and their youth to get to where they are,” Moore said. “They shouldn’t have to endure sexual abuse in order to get to where they want to be.”

 

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