Massachusetts Senate Gutting Statutory Rape?  Key Legislator Says No, But Family Advocate Wary of Bill

Massachusetts Senate Chamber
(State House News Service photo)
Massachusetts Senate Chamber (State House News Service photo)
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The Massachusetts Senate has approved a bill that would possibly legalize oral sex and other sex acts between adults and certain minors, although a key legislative leader says that's not the intent and that it won't happen.

The Senate late last week passed a bill restating that it's illegal to engage in sexual intercourse with a minor but removing what the current statute calls "unnatural sexual intercourse." Courts have held that term to include non-procreative penetrative sex acts.

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