age of consent

Example Sentences

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In February this year, a panel of the Japanese Justice Ministry proposed raising the age of consent from 13 to 16.

From BBC

Murphy said that the document isn’t “making a judgment about the precise age of consent a jurisdiction should set.”

From Seattle Times

At the regional general hospital in Gulu nearly a quarter of all pregnancies in the last financial year were girls under 18, the age of consent in Uganda.

From BBC

One of his accusers was younger than 16 — the age of consent in Nevada — when she says Chasing Horse began abusing her.

From Seattle Times

The bill would establish that 18 is the age of consent and remove the ability of a minor to obtain consent through their parents, legal guardians, or by court petition.

From Seattle Times