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Kentucky Revised Statutes; University of Louisville Digital Collection: The statute law of Kentucky with notes, praelections, and observations on the public acts : comprehending also, the laws of Virginia and acts of Parliament in force in this commonwealth : the charter of Virginia, the federal and state constitutions, and so much of the king of England's proclamation in 1763 as relates to ...
The 1860 sodomy statute criminalized anal penetration by a penis and applied to both male-female couples and male-male couples. Because the law focused exclusively on penile-anal penetration, consensual sex between women was technically legal in Kentucky until 1974. In fact, in 1909 the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a ruling in Commonwealth v.
Originally published in 1857 by A. O. P. Nicholson, Public Printer, as The Revised Code of the District of Columbia, prepared under the Authority of the Act of Congress, entitled "An act to improve the laws of the District of Columbia, and to codify the same," approved March 3, 1855.
Nevada: In 1990, Nevada voters approved Question 7 to affirm statute Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 442, section 250 (which permits abortion up to 24 weeks gestation) by 63.5 percent of the vote. [284] With the affirmation, the Nevada Legislature may not in any way alter that statute, unless it is first repealed by the state voters in a direct ...
For the first time in Kentucky's history, women will make up the majority of the state's ... Lambert said the field of law and justice system is "wide open" compared to when she graduated law ...
In 1974, Kentucky revised its statutes as part of a penal code reform advocated by the American Law Institute. While the American Law Institute urged states to decriminalize consensual sodomy and other victimless crimes, the Kentucky legislature chose to decriminalize anal sex involving male-female couples but to broaden the new statute to ...
Wade last summer, but an Emerson College Polling Kentucky poll this fall found 55% of Kentucky voters oppose the lack of exceptions in current laws, with just 28% in support. It was a hot topic ...
OpEd: Kentucky’s new abortion laws are just as draconian and create personal and negative consequences no one has begun to imagine. State abortion laws will destroy women’s autonomy and ...