Rep. Nancy Mace Recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Reaffirming Commitment To Survivors

(Charleston, S.C., October 8, 2025) - Today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace is recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness Month by standing in solidarity with survivors and calling for tougher laws to prioritize their safety, deliver justice, and bring real consequences for abusers.

"This fight is personal. As a survivor of domestic violence, we will never stop working to ensure victims are protected and abusers are punished," said Congresswoman Mace. "Too often, survivors are failed by the system meant to protect them."

Rep. Mace has led the charge to strengthen protections for women and children, with legislation including:

• RESPECT Act - Toughens sentences for sharing or threatening to share private explicit images, including both revenge porn and AI-generated deepfakes.
• The Rape Shield Enhancement Act - Strengthens courtroom protections to ensure proceedings aren't used to interrogate victims about their past but to hold predators accountable for their crimes.
• HONOR Act - Updates the Uniform Code of Military Justice to enhance penalties for revenge porn and explicitly criminalizes deepfakes and other digital exploitation in the military, ensuring service members are protected and offenders face strict penalties.
• Increased Accountability for Nonconsensual Pornography Act - Raises the maximum civil penalty for offenders to $500,000 and broadens the definition of explicit conduct, giving victims of voyeurism and nonconsensual pornography stronger tools to hold perpetrators accountable.
• Stop the Invasion of Women's Spaces Act - Bars biological men from women's facilities in federally funded locations.
• Stop Voyeurs Act - Closes loopholes in federal voyeurism law by expanding protections beyond maritime jurisdictions and raises the maximum prison sentence for offenders from one year to five years.
• The Sue VOYEURS Act gives victims of video and photo voyeurism the power to sue perpetrators, recover damages, and prevent further sharing of nonconsensual intimate images.
• Protecting Women's Private Spaces Act - Prohibits biological men from women's facilities on federal property.
• Protect Victims of Digital Exploitation and Manipulation Act - Criminalizes AI-generated deepfake pornography without consent.
• Prison Rape Prevention Act - Stops housing biological men in women's prisons.
• Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act - Expands the grounds for denying entry and deporting foreign nationals to include sex offenses, domestic violence, and crimes against children, ensuring the removal of dangerous predators who are a danger to our citizens.
• Tyler's Law - Requires rapid reporting of deadly children's products.

Rep. Mace emphasized community resources are available to support survivors of abuse, including:

• National Domestic Violence Hotline
• RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline
• My Sister's House
• Hopeful Horizons
• Tri-County S.P.E.A.K.S
• Dee Norton Child Advocacy Center
• Kay Phillips Child Advocacy Center

Constituents can contact our Daniel Island or Beaufort offices at any time for assistance, guidance, or support. Contact information can be found here.

You can find all of Rep. Mace's ongoing efforts to champion women's and victims' rights here.

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