Spain: Parliament backs "Only yes means yes" consent bill

MADRID (AP) ” Spain™s parliament voted Thursday to approve a bill that makes consent a key determinant in sexual assault cases, freeing victims of having to prove that violence or intimidation was used against them. The bill, popularly known as œOnly Yes is Yes, seeks to tackle the nebulous definition of consent in Spanish law. In the absence of a codified definition, the law had long relied on evidence of violence, resistance or intimidation to decide whether a criminal sexual act occurred. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]