Last fall, advocates for women and the disabled were outraged when the state Supreme Court overturned a rape conviction after concluding the woman who had cerebral palsy and couldn’t speak still could have done something to indicate that she didn’t want to have sex with her alleged attacker.
Now the state legislature is considering a measure that would amend the state statute that was at the heart of the case and potentially make it easier to prosecute those who sexually assault people with severe physical or developmental disabilities.
