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Some states seeking to close loopholes in marital rape laws
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Former Ohio state representative Greta Johnson stands in the Summit County courthouse Friday in Akron, Ohio. Johnson, along with fellow representative Kristin Boggs have sponsored legislation in 2015 and 2017 to address marital rape in Ohio. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Witches were still being burned at the stake when Sir Matthew Hale came up with his legal theory that rape could not happen within marriage. The 17th century English jurist declared it legally impossible because wedding vows implied a wife's ongoing consent to sex.
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