In prosecutions for specified sexual offenses, existing law defines consent as an act or attitude that signifies the victim's free will. Existing law further provides that a defendant's honest and reasonable belief that a victim consented to sexual intercourse may negate criminal intent and as such, may serve as a defense to rape. Chapter 907 requires that in prosecutions for certain sexual *420 offenses, the victim's request or suggestion to the defendant that a condom or other form of birth control be used, in absence of other evidence, will not be sufficient to constitute her consent to his actions.

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