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Kansas Lawmakers Consider Changes to Spousal Abuse Law

Published February 11, 2019 at 2:13 PM CST
A Kansas law banning sexual battery has a loophole that allows assault between spouses. A bill in the state House of Representatives would close that loophole. (File Photo: Kansas News Service)
A Kansas law banning sexual battery has a loophole that allows assault between spouses. A bill in the state House of Representatives would close that loophole. (File Photo: Kansas News Service)

A law criminalizing sexual battery in Kansas currently does not apply between spouses. Nomin Ujiyediin of the Kansas News Service reports that lawmakers are considering a bill this week to change that.

           

 
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