Photo: REX USA/Mode/Rex. Age-of-consent laws are designed to protect children from abuse -- but what if they also kept them from receiving necessary health services? Professor John Ashton, president of the U.K.-based Faculty of Public Health, suggests the British government lower its age of consent from 16 to 15. He says a number of studies have demonstrated that up to a third of teenagers have sex before the age of 16, and that the current law sends a mixed message to its youth. Ashton believes...
Lower Age Of Consent? U.K. Health Advisor Says It Would Be Good For Teens
Refinery29 - 17 Nov 2013 22:30
Photo: REX USA/Mode/Rex. Age-of-consent laws are designed to protect children from abuse -- but what if they also kept them from receiving necessary health services? Professor John Ashton, president of the U.K.-based Faculty of Public Health, suggests the British government lower its age of consent from 16 to 15. He says a number of studies have demonstrated that up to a third of teenagers have sex before the age of 16, and that the current law sends a mixed message to its youth. Ashton believes...
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