Rape survivors in New York are now better protected under state law. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the "Rape is Rape" bill Jan. 30, removing the penetration requirement from the rape statutes and defining ...

European lawmakers have voted in favor of defining sex without active consent as rape, marking a historic step for women’s rights and survivors of sexual violence in the EU.

Saying it is long overdue, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a measure that updates and expands the definition of the crime of rape on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Hochul says the bill, known as the “rape is rape” act, ...

Albany, N.Y. — New York will expand its legal definition of rape to include various forms of nonconsensual sexual contact, under a bill signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday. The state’s ...

By Julia Payne BRUSSELS, April 28 (Reuters) - European Parliament lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favour of a consent-based definition of rape — known as "only yes means yes" — and urged the European ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are expanding the definition of rape to include men as well as women and any victim who is unable to give consent or who is violated with an object, long-sought ...

A resolution adopted by the European Parliament calls for a common definition of rape across the EU, stating that any sexual ...

The European Parliament calls for consent to be recognized as a central element in the definition of rape; two rapporteurs ...

The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a resolution calling for an EU-wide definition of rape based on the absence of freely given and informed consent.

Corroborating findings of the National Sexual Violence Research Center (1918), the Center for Disease Control (2022) reports that sexual violence is common: Over half of women and almost one in three ...

Until now, definitions of what constitutes rape under criminal law had varied significantly across the EU, ranging from "only yes means yes" to "only no means no." ...

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