People don’t necessarily give up their right to consent to sex — including sadomasochistic encounters — when they are deemed unable to handle their own affairs and placed under the supervision of a conservator, the Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled.
The court’s June 2 decision has garnered attention on national websites and in other publications, as lawyers involved in the case had said this is the first time, to their knowledge, an appellate court in the U.S. has weighed in on whether mentally ill people can legally be considered consenting adults for sexual purposes.
