The PROTECT Act of 2003 (Pub.L. 108–21, 117 Stat.650, S. 151, enacted April 30, 2003) is a United States law with the stated intent of preventing child abuse. PROTECT is a backronym which stands for  P rosecutorial R emedies and O ther T ools to end the E xploitation of C hildren T oday.he Department of Justice appealed the Eleventh Circuit's ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court reversed the Eleventh Circuit's ruling in May 2008 and upheld this portion of the act.