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Adultery laws are the laws in various countries that deal with extramarital sex.Historically, many cultures considered adultery a very serious crime, some subject to severe punishment, especially in the case of extramarital sex involving a married woman and a man other than her husband, with penalties including capital punishment, mutilation, or torture. [1]
On January 1, 1972, Idaho, following the recommendations of the Model Penal Code, repealed its adultery, anti-cohabitation, crime against nature and fornication laws, becoming the first U.S. state to repeal its adultery, bestiality and fornication laws, the second U.S. state to repeal its anti-cohabitation law and the third U.S. state to repeal its sodomy law.
On March 12, 1971, the Idaho House of Representatives voted was 55-5 in favor of House Bill 161, which enacted the entire Model Penal Code (MPC) in Idaho, which included repealing common-law crimes and the "crime against nature" law. The bill passed the Idaho Senate on March 25, 1971 and the vote was 34-1.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — For more than a century, it has been a crime to cheat on your spouse in New York. ... Most states that still have adultery laws classify them as misdemeanors, but Oklahoma ...
Idaho can enforce a law against those who harbor or transport a minor to get an abortion out of state without parental consent, a federal appeals court ruled. ... it is not a crime for a resident ...
The law is the first of its kind in the U.S. and creates a new crime of “ abortion trafficking,” barring adults from obtaining abortion pills for a minor or “recruiting, harboring or ...
Idaho: Persons within degrees of consanguinity which make marriages incestuous and void. Marriage, sexual intercourse, adultery Up to 15y. In the case the victim is under 18 years of age, up to life imprisonment [32] Illinois
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 February 2025. Type of extramarital sex This article is about the act of adultery or extramarital sex. For other uses, see Adultery (disambiguation). For a broad overview, see Religion and sexuality. Illustration depicting an adulterous wife, circa 1800 Sex and the law Social issues Consent ...