Two women who testified against disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein have thrown their support behind a new bill that seeks to define "consent" and clarify lawful sexual conduct in New York ...

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," ...

French MPs on Thursday voted to change the legal definition of rape to include any non-consensual sexual act, bringing France ...

France's lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a bill to define rape as any non-consensual sexual act, paving the ...

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 1, 2014 file photo, new students at San Diego State University watch a video on sexual consent during an orientation meeting in San Diego. Just what constitutes an ...

Holly Rider-Milkovich, director of the University’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center, announced Sunday that SAPAC updated its website to reflect changes to language used to define ...

Rep. Geran Tarr, D-Anchorage, stands outside of the Capitol on Friday. Tarr sponsored legislation to update a 40-year-old definition of consent in state law, which the Legislature passed on the last ...

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 ...

A bill establishing a definition for consent, and creating a penalty for rape under that definition, will move to the House of Representatives after a judiciary hearing passed it unanimously Wednesday ...

On March 18, students gathered at the University Memorial Center to demand that the University of Colorado, Boulder take more action to investigate students who are accused of rape or sexual assault.

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 ...

NEW YORK – It may sound simple: You either consent to sexual activity or you don’t. But just what constitutes an expression of consent is a hotly debated topic in the justice system and in society at ...