Brand new NH law bans sex with…

From FiveThirtyEight’s Significant Digits for today, Monday 6/27/2016:

H.B. 1547

New Hampshire called into question its status as the “live free or die” state Friday when Gov. Maggie Hassan signed H.B. 1547, a bill finally banning sex with animals. Bestiality is still somehow legal in nine states and D.C., bringing up the question of who on earth is lobbying for it and why are they this powerful? Moreover, the press release calls sex with animals “disturbing and prevalent issue” in New Hampshire: Precisely how prevalent is it to warrant that level of alarm? [The Humane Society]

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