New law ‘puts needs of survivors above the needs of rapists’, says MP Natalie Fleet, who campaigned for the change
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct/22/sex-offenders-to-be-denied-parental-responsibility-for-children-born-of
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Which part of the UK legal definition of rape is gender neutral?
Sorry, I misunderstood the meaning behind the comment above.
This doesn’t change the definiton of Sexual Offences Act 2003, Section 1, so it would still only apply to people with a “penis”. But the Victims and Courts Bill has many other sections that would apply to all genders.