Age of Consent

• Kentucky Age of Consent Law Disturbs Lawmaker

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Reacting to the case of a high school band teacher accused of having sex with a student, a Kentucky lawmaker has become the latest state legislator to propose changing a law governing the age of consent. R. Gray was disturbed to learn that teachers break no criminal laws by having sex with students, as long as the student is at least 16 years old and a willing participant.

• Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
• December 07, 2007

• Gender Identity, Age of Consent Complicate Warren County Case

LEBANON -- Warren County prosecutors searching Ohio law for felonies to file against Patricia Dye found a charge for rapists who pretend to be someone's husband to lure their victims. But the search failed to find any felony fitting the unique facts in the case of the 31-year-old Franklin woman accused of pretending to be a boy named Matt to help build sexual relationships with teenage girls in Springboro and Middle-town.

• Dayton Daily News
• August 10, 2010

• Age of consent

• South Carolina Constitution

• Age of Consent

Considered together, two recent news stories on two very different issues illustrate society's growing pains. The first story reported the pending effort by a state senator to restrict teen access to birth control. The second story reported a new law taking effect in January that allows those who were adopted, and who are now 18 or older, to have access to information about their biological parents. The birth control restriction bill, which Sen. Douglas Smith, R- Dover-Foxcroft is considering sponsoring, would require school clinics and other health care providers to notify parents or obtain their consent before providing birth control pills or other contraceptives to minors. The initiative likely was inspired by the news last year that a Portland middle school was dispensing birth cont...

• Bangor Daily News
• December 01, 2008

• Marriage/Marriage Age

... between a man and a woman who have consented to become husband and wife. More specifically, the...

• Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
• Family Law

• The age of consent.

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• Alaska Business Monthly
• Vol. 10 Nbr. 11, November 1994

• Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Statement of Consent or Special Circumstances: Issuance of a Passport to a Minor Under Age (16)

• FR, June 21, 2010
• Notices
• State Department

• Sexual harassment: no more 'welcomeness' defense against minors: a recent Seventh Circuit case eliminates the defense that a sexual harassment plaintiff welcomed the sexual contact when the victim is under the age of consent.

In defending sexual harassment cases, employers often assert several substantive defenses. For example, an employer may contend that the conduct alleg...

• Illinois Bar Journal
• Vol. 95 Nbr. 9, September 2007

• Gibraltar to Keep Unequal Age of Consent

The obligation to equalize does not and will not go away," said Felix Alvarez of Equality Rights Group GGR "It continues to be an international law obligation, and I am confident change will come about in time."...

• Between the Lines; Livonia
• October 09, 2009

• Bill Cuts Provision On Age of Consent

COLUMBIA - The South Carolina constitutional provision setting 14 as the age of legal consent for women to have sexual intercourse would be deleted under a proposal before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Fourteen is too young and the provision is especially archaic because it only applies to females, said the legislation's lead sponsor, Sen. Chip Campsen, R-Isle of Palms.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• April 03, 2007