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• Position: New York law to prevent campus sexual assault - Stateline - Brief article

New York is the 11th state to pass legislation aimed at preventing campus sexual assault. The new law, titled 'Enough Is Enough," was passed unanimously by the Legislature and requires both parties to obtain consent for sex--and everything leading up to it during an intimate encounter.

The law applies only on college campuses and is based on the idea of "affirmative consent," or "yes means yes." It arrives as the U.S. Department of Education is investigating 11 New York colleges for mishandling sexual assault allegations. Nationally, 5,000 allegations of forcible sex offenses...