Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2907 defines and classifies sex offenses within the state’s criminal code. It encompasses crimes involving sexual conduct, contact, and solicitation, addressing both physical acts and preparatory or exploitative behavior.

Ohio Revised Code § 2903.211 defines menacing by stalking as a pattern of conduct involving two or more related incidents directed at another person, or at one or more persons within the same organization, that knowingly causes fear of physical harm or mental distress. The offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree, but it becomes a felony of the fourth or fifth degree when aggravating factors exist, including prior convictions, threats of violence, or use of electronic communications.

Ohio Revised Code § 2317.56 requires physicians, absent a medical emergency, to meet with a pregnant patient at least twenty-four hours before an abortion procedure to provide specified information regarding the nature and risks of the procedure. Compliance with these informed consent requirements is a condition of performing a lawful abortion.

Article I, Section 22 of the Ohio state Constitution establishes an explicit right to reproductive freedom, protecting individual decision-making in matters of contraception, fertility treatment, pregnancy continuation, miscarriage care, and abortion. It prohibits the State from burdening, penalizing, prohibiting, interfering with, or discriminating against the exercise of this right or against those who assist in exercising it, while permitting narrowly tailored health and safety regulations.

In re Return of Weapons to J.W.D., 149 N.J. 108 (1997) is a case where the New Jersey Supreme Court considered whether firearms seized following a domestic violence complaint must be returned once the complaint is withdrawn or dismissed. The Court held that the dismissal of a complaint does not mandate return of weapons under N.J.

In State v. Zeidell, 154 N.J. 417 (1998), the Supreme Court of New Jersey addressed a case involving two young children, ages eight and ten, who observed the defendant masturbating from a distance while on a public beach. The defendant was initially convicted of second-degree sexual assault and endangering the welfare of the children. The Appellate Division reversed the sexual assault convictions, finding that the statutory requirement of specific victimization had not been proven. On appeal, the Supreme Court reinstated the convictions.

In State v. Cuni, 159 N.J. 584 (1999), the New Jersey Supreme Court addressed the question of how the State’s rape-shield law applies when the central issue is the victim’s capacity to give consent, rather than mere prior sexual history. A delivery worker was convicted of sexual assault against a woman with a mental disability.

In the case Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey v. Farmer, 165 N.J. 609 (2000), the Supreme Court of New Jersey reviewed the constitutionality of the state’s Parental Notification for Minors Seeking Abortion Act. The statute required a physician to provide at least 48 hours’ advance notice to a parent before performing an abortion on a minor, without imposing a similar requirement for minors seeking prenatal care or childbirth.

A student who was subjected to years of harassment based on perceived sexual orientation sued the school district under the Law Against Discrimination (LAD). In the case L.W. ex rel. L.G. v. Toms River Regional Board of Education, 189 N.J.

A corrections officer alleged repeated sexual harassment by her supervisor. Lower courts had dismissed her claims, finding the State had exercised due care. In Aguas v. State, 220 N.J. 494 (2015), the Supreme Court reversed, emphasizing that an employer’s implementation and enforcement of anti-harassment policies is central to evaluating negligence.