‘A ruling for rapists,’ Gabriela on SC ruling
‘A ruling for rapists,’ Gabriela on SC ruling
TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE
By Anne Marxze D. Umil
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Progressive women’s group Gabriela slammed the recent Supreme Court ruling on the criminal act of rape, calling it a ruling for rapists, not victims.
On March 30, the SC released its decision affirming the conviction of a certain Efren Agao for statutory rape. In this decision, the SC also put clarifications on when rape is committed as a crime through penile penetration.
The SC ruled that the “mere introduction, however slight, into the cleft of the labia majora by a penis that is capable of penetration, regardless of whether such penile penetration is thereafter fully achieved, consummates the crime of rape.”
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