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In California, marital rape was recognized as a crime by Section 262 of California's Penal Code in 1979. [30] However, there are separate criminal offenses for non-spousal rape (Section 261) and for spousal rape (Section 262); [31] the latter was treated as a less serious crime until the enactment of 2021 California Assembly Bill 1171. [30]
Rape of a spouse Cal. Penal Code §262, Cal. Penal Code §264(a) 3, 6 or 8 years Rape of a spouse when victim under 14 Cal. Penal Code §262, Cal. Penal Code §264(c)(1) 9, 11 or 13 years Rape of a spouse when victim between 14 and 18 Cal. Penal Code §262, Cal. Penal Code §264(c)(2) 7, 9 or 11 years Sodomy Cal. Penal Code §286
California: In the California Penal Code, there are separate criminal offenses for non-spousal rape (Section 261) and for spousal rape (Section 262); [4] the latter continues to be treated as a less serious crime. [5] Having sex with one's spouse without their consent is not recognized as a crime. [5]
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With a few notable exceptions, it was during the past 30 years when most laws against marital rape have been enacted. Several countries in Eastern Europe and Scandinavia made spousal rape illegal before 1970, but other countries in Western Europe and the English-speaking Western World outlawed it much later, mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. [16]
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More than 64,000 women and girls became pregnant because of rape in states that implemented abortion bans after Roe v. ... that occurred as a result of rape. Texas topped the list, with 45% of the ...
A marry-your-rapist law, marry-the-rapist law, or rape-marriage law is a rule of rape law in a jurisdiction under which a man who commits rape, sexual assault, statutory rape, abduction or other similar act is exonerated if he marries his female victim, or in some jurisdictions at least offers to marry her. The "marry-your-rapist" law is a ...