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Marital rape in the United States
In the United States, marital rape refers to the unlawful and collective forms of partner rape, domestic violence, and/or sexual abuse by a marital spouse onto another and is illegal in all 50 US states. The exact causes of offense vary by state, however, and if the unlawful act is another form of sexual assault. Prior to the 1970s, marital rape was legal in every US state and only first became partially outlawed in Michigan and Delaware in 1974, then wholly outlawed in South Dakota and Nebraska in 1975. The court case Oregon v. Rideout in 1978 was the first in which someone stood trial for raping their spouse while they lived together. By 1993, marital rape was a crime nationwide. Still, in the 1990s, most states continued to differentiate between the way marital rape and non-marital rape were viewed and treated. The laws surrounding marital rape in the US continue to change and evolve, with most states reforming their laws far into the 21st century. However, there are still states where...
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