The Inquisitr 7.9.15 | Tara West The “Affirmative Consent Project” is an advocacy group that is encouraging college students to have sexual partners sign “consent contracts” before engaging in sexual acts. The group is distributing Consent Conscious Kit across the nation to college students as a means of ensuring that both parties are officially consenting…
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New York: “Enough Is Enough” signed into law, provides definition of “consent” @sbstatesman @iamrachelsiford
The Statesman 7.9.15 | Rachel Siford Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed the “Enough Is Enough” legislation into law Tuesday, July 7 at New York University School of Law in an effort to combat sexual assault on college campuses. “Today, New York is making a clear and bold statement: sexual violence is a crime, and from…
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‘Affirmative consent’ rule is delayed at the University of Minnesota @startribune @mauralerner
Star Tribune 7.9.15 | Maura Lerner The sexual-assault prevention policy is postponed until the Board of Regents reviews it in September. President Eric Kaler has agreed to postpone a new sexual-assault prevention policy at the University of Minnesota to give members of the Board of Regents time to debate it. The policy would subject students…
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Cuomo signs new sex-assault policies into law @GannettAlbany @DandC
Democrat and Chronicle 7.7.15 | Joseph Spector ALBANY – All public and private colleges in New York will have to implement new policies to address sexual assaults on campuses after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law Tuesday. The law adds a statewide definition of affirmative consent on college campuses as a way to…
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