Sarah's Law

English Etymology The law was introduced in response to the murder of Sarah Payne. Proper noun Sarah's Law In England and Wales, the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, under which the police can tell parents, carers, and guardians if someone has a record for child sexual offences. 2 August 2008 Patrick McGreevy ‘Sarah’s Law’ would not have aided ‘Sarah’ https://web.archive.org/web/20201022130605/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-02-me-abortion2-story.html Backers of a ballot measure that would require parents to be notified before an abortion is performed on a minor acknowledged Friday that the 15-year-old on which “Sarah’s Law” is based had a child and was in a common-law marriage before she died of complications from an abortion in 1994. 22 July 2011 Lucy Reed Why Clare's Law won't prevent domestic violence https://web.archive.org/web/20131125232138/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/jul/22/why-clares-law-wont-prevent-domestic-violence It is unclear what such a scheme might look like but "Sarah's Law", recently rolled out nationally, may provide a model. Under that scheme, which is intended to prevent sexual abuse of children, parents can request a check for information about an individual with access to their child. 28 July 2011 Ravi Somaiya New Hacking Case Outrages Britain https://web.archive.org/web/20150928030724/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/29/world/europe/29hacking.html In recent testimony on the scandal in Parliament, Ms. Rebekah Brooks cited the measure named after Mrs. Sara Payne’s daughter, Sarah’s Law, as evidence of the good she had done in her years at the tabloid’s helm. See also en Megan's Law a similar law in the United States Further reading murder of Sarah Payne Sarah's Law en eponyms