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3.1.16 | Lauren Chapman

Saginaw, MI -- It's a well-known phrase: "no means no."

A national movement has emerged to change that to "Yes means yes."

And it's gaining traction right in Mid-Michigan.

Allie Martinez is sexual assault prevention educator for Saginaw-based Underground Railroad, Inc. a victim services organization.

"I think that it's at a new importance. I think that it's being recognized as important now," Martinez said.

She supports new proposed legislation in Michigan that would change the way today's youth are education about rape.

This new legislation is changing that to yes means yes, so how exactly does that change the way it's presented to people?

"It puts the burden of proof on the person who has committed the act, rather than the victim of the act," Martinez said.

The I-Team discovered the new standard would make it the responsibility of each person to get a firm yes to begin engaging in sex.

A lack of protest, not saying no, or silence wouldn't equal consent.

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