"Shield laws" in the United States are designed to:
a. protect men from being arrested for sexual assault until a woman can prove that she
did not consent to the sexual activity in question.
b. prevent the courts from taking blood, urine, or DNA samples from a person accused
of sexual assault if the person does not give them voluntarily.
c. prevent lawyers from introducing the detailed sexual history of a rape victim as
admissible evidence in a sexual assault trial.
d. protect a rape victim from ever having to face the alleged perpetrator again, even
during a court trial.
C
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