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Marital Rape Is Semi-Legal in 8 States

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An Ohio woman can be drugged and sexually assaulted—legally—if the perpetrator is her spouse. How marital rape in America secretly lives on.

Samantha Allen
Samantha Allen
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Samantha Allen

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