The Supreme Court is examining whether India’s age of consent should be lowered from 18 to 16 to reflect adolescent realities. Studies show over 20% of POCSO cases involve consensual teenage ...

A bill to raise the age of consent is working its way through the Oklahoma legislature, and local child advocates expressed on Wednesday that it is a step in the right direction. Senate Bill 445 ...

NEW DELHI: Union government has told Supreme Court that the age of consent for sex cannot be lowered from 18 years, as it is meant to protect minors from sexual abuse, often by relatives, but conceded ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A bill to raise ...

Rep. Andrew Gray, D-Anchorage, speaks in favor of House Bill 62 on Friday, May 16, 2025. The Alaska Legislature is on pace to raise the state’s age of sexual consent to 18 next year, after the state ...

PITTSFIELD — The City Council backed another measure to safeguard children from sexual abuse. On Tuesday, the council unanimously supported H.1634, which closes a loophole in the state’s statutory ...