After end to spousal rape loophole, advocates look to housing, healthcare reforms to help sexual violence survivors

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – In voting to end a spousal rape loophole, the Ohio Senate last week completed a 40-year campaign to fully criminalize sexual violence in the context of marriage. But the legislature has a long way to go before state laws truly center survivors, advocates say.

The Senate unanimously passed House Bill 161 on Wednesday, making it a crime for people to drug and sexually assault their spouses. Iterations of the bill had been introduced since 1985 but had never made...