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| California makes it illegal to remove condom during sex without consent, becoming first US state to enact anti-stealthing measure | California makes it illegal to remove condom during sex without consent, becoming first US state to enact anti-stealthing measure |
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| California has become the first US state to prohibit ‘stealthing’ – the practice of removing a condom without verbal consent during sex, in a move that allows victims to sue perpetrators for damages. | California has become the first US state to prohibit ‘stealthing’ – the practice of removing a condom without verbal consent during sex, in a move that allows victims to sue perpetrators for damages. |
| On Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law, making the practice of removing a condom during sex without permission, illegal. The new measure sees the state's civil definition of sexual battery amended, allowing victims of stealthing to seek damages from the perpetrator. | On Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law, making the practice of removing a condom during sex without permission, illegal. The new measure sees the state's civil definition of sexual battery amended, allowing victims of stealthing to seek damages from the perpetrator. |
| The move was first proposed by Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia in 2017 in the wake of a Yale University study which claimed acts of stealthing were increasing against both women and gay men. | The move was first proposed by Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia in 2017 in the wake of a Yale University study which claimed acts of stealthing were increasing against both women and gay men. |
| Speaking on Thursday, Garcia praised the move, “This law is the first of its kind in the nation, but I urge other states to follow in California's direction and make it clear that stealthing is not just immoral but illegal,” she stated. | Speaking on Thursday, Garcia praised the move, “This law is the first of its kind in the nation, but I urge other states to follow in California's direction and make it clear that stealthing is not just immoral but illegal,” she stated. |
| It has previously been proposed in New York and Wisconsin. | It has previously been proposed in New York and Wisconsin. |
| It has also been suggested that stealthing could already be considered misdemeanor sexual battery. However, the distinction between acting with intent and accidentally removing the condom had made prosecuting difficult. | It has also been suggested that stealthing could already be considered misdemeanor sexual battery. However, the distinction between acting with intent and accidentally removing the condom had made prosecuting difficult. |
| Supporters of the bill say it could help sex workers sue clients who remove condoms, exposing their victims to potential sexually transmitted infections such as HIV/AIDS, or unwanted pregnancies. | Supporters of the bill say it could help sex workers sue clients who remove condoms, exposing their victims to potential sexually transmitted infections such as HIV/AIDS, or unwanted pregnancies. |
| The California governor also signed into law a bill, proposed by Garcia, making rape of a spouse the same as rape of a non-spouse, removing an exemption to existing law. | The California governor also signed into law a bill, proposed by Garcia, making rape of a spouse the same as rape of a non-spouse, removing an exemption to existing law. |
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