Kentucky Republican pushes bill to make sex with first cousin not incest
Kentucky Republican pushes bill to make sex with first cousin not incest
The bill would remove first cousins from the list of family members with whom it's illegal to have sexual relations in the state.
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This was a mistake in the bill which he retracted, amended and resubmitted.
The first cousins are safe, legally anyway.
What I don't get is I assume they had a law so why was this needed?
Yea, news article I saw said he posted this about it
I filed HB 269 yesterday. The purpose of the bill is to add āsexual contactā to the incest statute. Currently, incest only applies in cases of intercourse. So sexual touching/groping by uncles, stepdads or anyone with a familial relationship is not included in incest. My bill makes that kind of sexual contact a Class D Felony, unless the victim is under the age of 12, then it increases the penalty to a Class C Felony.
During the drafting process, there was an inadvertent change, which struck āfirst cousinsā from the list of relationships included under the incest statute, and I failed to add it back in. During todayās session, I will withdraw HB 269 and refile a bill with the āfirst cousinā language intact. The fact that I was able to file a bill, catch the mistake, withdraw the bill and refile within a 24 hour period shows that we have a good system.
This is a bill to combat a problem of familial and cyclical abuse that transcends generations of Kentuckians. I understand that I made a mistake, but I sincerely hope my mistake doesnāt hurt the chances of the corrected version of the bill. It is a good bill, and I hope it will get a second chance.
So wait, he was actually trying to expand the definition of incest to protect more victims?
I didn't see that coming at all! Not from a Republican anyhow. They don't really come off as the party that gives a fuck about the victims.
Huh.