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LANSING, Mich. (April 22, 2021) \u2014 Today, Sen. Winnie Brinks<\/strong> (D-Grand Rapids) and Rep. Laurie Pohutsky<\/strong> (D-Livonia) introduced legislation to close a legal loophole in Michigan law that permits marital rape when the perpetrator\u2019s legal spouse is mentally incapacitated.

Currently, Michigan law provides an exemption for being charged with rape in the case of someone\u2019s legal spouse being mentally incapacitated, whether by \u201cinfluence of a narcotic, anesthetic, or other substance administered to that person without his or her consent, or due to any other act committed upon that person without his or her consent.\u201d

\u201cIt is critical that all Michiganders know that a person cannot sexually assault their spouse, regardless of how they accomplish it,\u201d said Elinor Jordan<\/strong> of the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence. \u201cSurvivors who have already been betrayed by someone they love and trust should not be betrayed again by the law. Further, those who perpetrate sexual assault are emboldened when they learn that their actions have no consequences.\u201d

Senate Bill 373 and House Bill 4699 mirror proposed legislation from 2019<\/a> and would end this inhumane loophole for good.

\u201cWhile Michigan\u2019s marital rape exemption was repealed 30 years ago, we still have a statutory loophole that allows someone to incapacitate their spouse, rape them, and get away with it on a technicality,\u201d Sen. Brinks said. \u201cHaving a pre-existing relationship with your rapist shouldn\u2019t make a difference. We need to close this loophole so that going forward, these perpetrators can be brought to justice.\u201d

Similar legislation to end exemptions, especially based on the status of one\u2019s relationship as married, is moving in California<\/a> and Maryland<\/a>, and another bill is expected to be signed into law in Idaho<\/a>.

\u201cThere is absolutely no excuse for allowing this reprehensible exemption to exist. If we want to really move Michigan into the 21st century, we have to throw out our 17th century laws,\u201d said Rep. Pohutsky. \u201cA law like this only empowers those who view their spouses as property, preventing justice for Michiganders who have already experienced unspeakable trauma. It\u2019s time for us as a state to make it unequivocally clear that rape is rape in all circumstances \u2014 no exceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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