Sex on trial behind 'thin paper screens'As opposed to divorce, an annulment is essentially a declaration a marriage never existed. In the case before Baker, the woman wanted her marriage voided for religious reasons. She claimed her husband couldn't maintain an erection. Supreme Court judgment, the husband in an annulment case claims he could have sex with his new girlfriend, but she didn't testify. case to submit to a medical exam to prove he couldn't maintain an erection "so as to achieve sexual penetration, and the consummation of their marriage."
Source: CBC News September 27, 2020 12:56 UTC