The next step for activists was to create a sample of how they thought rape laws should be written.

Lawmakers and the public alike had some initial concerns about changing rape laws.

Reform of rape laws, a key item on the feminist agenda, made few changes.

Statutory rape laws are also used in cases of incest and child abuse involving young children.

In many countries of the world marital rape laws are very new, having been enacted during the 2000s.

Florida and Georgia have just passed tough stautory rape laws.

Louisiana amended its statutory rape law in 1995 to provide for the death penalty.

Heilbron chaired a committee to consider reform of rape laws in 1975.

She gained prominence in the campaign for reform of rape laws in the 1980s.