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Abstract: 

“Stealthing” is defined as a type of sexual violence in which one sex partner removes or tampers with a protective barrier during sexual activity without the other partner’s knowledge and consent. Given the Supreme Court’s draconian limitations on women’s lifelong freedoms and reproductive decision-making that are permissible under the Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the author argues that the time is ripe for a national “stealthing” law, and examines anti-stealthing statutes enacted in California and proposed in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin as models for a national statute.

Keywords: Stealthing; Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization; Roe v. Wade

Affiliations:  1: Editor, Sex Offender Law Report.