age of consent
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He urges Sir Keir to "rather urgently" consider a smartphone ban in schools and a "digital age of consent", similar to Australia, which has passed a law banning children under 16 from using social media.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2025
New York judge William Thompson Howell wrote 500 pages that spanned provisions on dueling, accidental homicides by ax and age of consent that would govern the newly formed territory of fewer than 7,000 people.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2024
However, the gap between the age of criminal responsibility and the age of consent in England and Wales is the biggest of all countries, she says.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2023
Washington’s age of consent for gender-affirming surgery without approval from a parent or guardian is 18.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2023
A woman's club, the Arena, had been instrumental in obtaining the first "age of consent" legislation, but a Unitarian minister had entirely managed the Legislature.
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted
