Wives, daughters and educators -- all say they've been victims of what's commonly referred to as "revenge porn."
Now a valley women, who was a victim herself, is taking her fight to Washington to help make revenge porn a federal crime.

May 22, 2017 that's the day Katelyn Bowden of Youngstown says her life changed forever. Intimate photos of her were posted on-line after someone stole her ex-boyfriend's phone.

Soon after that, she created the organization, Battling Against Demeaning and Abusive Selfie Shaming.  Through that organization she was able to make the sharing of images of people without their consent, illegal.  So far people have been prosecuted under that new law but Katelyn says not enough.

"The law is a bit problematic because there is an intent to harm clause in there that makes it difficult to prosecute and to investigate and a lot of victims tend to fall between the cracks," said Bowden.

Now Katelyn is going to Washington to support the introduction of a federal ban on IMAGE EXPLOITATION.

"The nice thing about this bill is it doesn't have the intent clause in there so it's going to be great for any victim."

Her organization which is now 2500 people strong, will begin next week to contact all of congress, urging them to pass this legislation.
While she's doing that she wants victims of revenge porn to know they can find help at her organization's website: badassarmy.org

"We have advocates there we can hook them up with lawyer. We have people who can help them with tech support. Help them get their images down and really let them know they are not alone," added Bowden.