The bill is supported by two women who testified against Harvey Weinstein. Two women who testified against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein have thrown their support behind a new bill ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For two months now, as accusations of sexual misconduct have piled up against Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced mogul has responded over and over again: "Any allegations of ...

OTTAWA — Federal officials are facing calls for greater clarity on how a bill to harmonize Canada's laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples could affect future ...

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In her concise yet thought-provoking book, Consent: Fearful Asymmetry, Nilofer Kaul critically examines the concept of consent, unpacking its underlying assumptions of equality, rationality, and clear ...

A New York state lawmaker on Tuesday introduced new legislation that seeks to put into law for the first time an official definition of consent to provide clarity in cases of sexual assault and ...

In their article, Smith and Mackie argue that vaccine mandates do not impair the voluntariness of informed consent, even when ...

Alaska needs a definition of sexual consent in state law. Sexual violence is a major issue in our state; we have the highest rates of sexual assault and rape in the nation, at more than 3.5 times the ...

A bill that would have added a legal definition of consent to South Dakota's rape statute died in a Senate committee Tuesday afternoon. House Bill 1150 would have added a definition for "consent," ...

Stunned by what she learned about the law during deliberations in the sex assault case, Cheryl Carmel is lobbying for consent to have a clear definition: a positive, unequivocal “yes.” By Graham ...