The argument Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward used in her op-ed (“Retroactive window for victims is no quick fix,” Aug. 24, TribLIVE) to justify her opposition to House Bill 951 — a bill that would create a two-year civil liability window for child sex abuse survivors — is an incredulous excuse and one that denies past, current and future victims of child sex abuse access to the justice that they so rightly deserve.

Pennsylvanians can see right through her disingenuous attempt to position herself as a champion of protecting child abuse survivors, just by looking at her past actions, including refusing to work with survivors and advocates while continuing to cozy up to the very institutions that enable predators.

Legislation similar to HB 951 has been tried and tested in legislatures and jurisdictions across the country. Twenty states, Washington, D.C., and Guam all found a window is…