New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday signed into law a bill that broadens the legal definition of rape, with a special nod to the woman whose rape accusation against former President Donald Trump was rejected by a jury.
The previous definition strictly limited rape to vaginal penetration. The new law removes the penetration requirement from the rape statutes and redefines the crime to include oral and anal sexual conduct contact, which are now referred to as “criminal sexual act.”
