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MP who was raped gets backing over law change

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"You've ruined your life, not only for you, but for your unborn daughter." Natalie Fleet fell pregnant at 15 and says she was made to feel like it was entirely her fault, despite being a victim of "statutory rape".

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Natalie Fleet: Bolsover MP who was raped gets backing over planned law change

Labour's Natalie Fleet says she used to tell friends "I can't be an MP - I was a teenage parent".

2 days ago·United Kingdom

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Law Gazette

Not 'grooming' but rape: Casey review calls for law change

Baroness Casey’s review of so-called grooming gangs highlighted the ‘sex offenders go-to defence’, allowing them to escape a proportionate sentence. And ‘victim-blaming misogyny’ means cases go uninvestigated

3 days ago

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