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EDITORIAL: Remove marital exemption from sexual abuse law
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 8—It's the year 2022, and somehow we are still equivocating over when sexual assault and /or abuse is acceptable. Monongalia County Prosecutor Perri Jo DeChristopher addressed legislators ...
EDITORIAL: Marital exemption loopholes that endanger children
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 9—When Monongalia County Prosecutor Perri Jo DeChristopher addressed legislators Monday and asked them to repeal language in West Virginia's criminal code that allowed a marital exemption ...
Mississippi trying to bring archaic rape, sexual assault kit laws 'into this century'
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 11—JACKSON — The Legislature recently sent two bills to Gov. Tate Reeves' desk that are aimed to help sexual assault victims achieve justice and modernize the state's criminal definition ...
Why child marriage is legal in California — and the unexpected groups fighting to keep it that way
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSome advocates want California to prohibit marriage for people under age 18. But groups including the ACLU and Planned Parenthood have opposed such bans, saying they could undermine minors' rights to seek abortions and other sexual health care.
