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Erin Merryn, who survived sexual abuse as a child, is lobbying every state in the U.S. to pass curriculum that teaches "personal body safety"

Now 40 and a mom of four, she says, "My goal is to give kids a voice and lock predators up"

With Erin's Law being passed in much of the country, Merryn says, “I realized I could do something positive”

If Erin Merryn could talk to the little girl she was at 6 years old growing up in Schaumburg, Ill., the one who was sexually abused by a neighbor and then later by a relative, Merryn would tell that child that “it’s not going to destroy the rest of your life — and all the good you'll be able to do.”

"I wish,” she says, “I'd be able to tell her that she is going to make a difference."

Merryn, 40, has spent most of the last two deca

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