Statistics published by the government in 2021 highlight serious problems in England and Wales with a drop in prosecutions of sexual crimes. Part of this issue is attributed to the complexities around sexual consent and public understanding of it. This article highlights a particular problem in the law around conditional consent. It shows that the law on conditional consent is completely incoherent, complicating efforts to increase public education on the matter. The law is also limited in its protection of sexual autonomy of victims, as well in its protection of victims against pregnancy. Critics of reform warn against overcriminalisation of rape, and against imposing morals on society. However, it is argued that given the current reality of how rape is dealt with in England and Wales, these concerns should not prevent reform to the law of conditional consent. The article ends by arguing that reform should be carried out to make the law on conditional consent more coherent and to take account of pregnancy as a consequence of sexual intercourse.

政府在 2021 年公布的统计数据凸显了英格兰和威尔士的严重问题，性犯罪的起诉数量有所下降。这个问题的部分原因是性同意及其公众理解的复杂性。本文强调了有关有条件同意的法律中的一个特殊问题。这表明关于有条件同意的法律完全不连贯，使加强公众教育的努力复杂化。法律在保护受害者的性自主权以及保护受害者免于怀孕方面也很有限。改革的批评者警告不要将强奸过度刑事化，不要将道德强加于社会。然而，有人认为，鉴于目前英格兰和威尔士处理强奸的方式，这些关切不应妨碍对有条件同意法的改革。文章最后认为应该进行改革，使关于有条件同意的法律更加连贯，并考虑到因性交而怀孕。