A proposal to lower the age of consent in India has reignited the debate over the legally appropriate age for engaging in consensual sexual activity. The campaign is being led by lawyer Indira Jaising ...

An amendment to Iraq's 1959 Personal Status law could theoretically make it legal for girls as young as nine years old to get married. The proposal has drawn scrutiny worldwide. This amendment would ...

PITTSFIELD — A former Miss Hall’s School teacher who has been accused by five alumnae of sexual abuse while they were students cannot be prosecuted because the women were over the age of 16 when the ...

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 ...

Alaskans ages 16 and 17 would be able to consent to talk therapy under a bill introduced in the state Senate in February that would lower the age of consent from 18. A parent or guardian would still ...

A bill to raise the age at which people can make their own medical decisions from 14 to 16 is headed to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk for signature. It was approved by the Alabama Senate on Wednesday. Under ...