A proposal to lower the age of consent in India has reignited the debate over the legally appropriate age for engaging in ...

What are the options when a minor says to a mental health counselor, “Things have been really tough at home lately. Can I ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A bill to raise Oklahoma’s age of consent from 16 to 18 is now on Governor Kevin Stitt’s desk, with lawmakers largely in agreement on the need to close what they called a ...

The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing for November 12 to address the statutory age of consent for adolescents, ...

The Alabama House Committee on Health approved a bill Wednesday to raise the age, from 14 to 16, at which people can make their own medical decisions. Under current state law, a minor who is at least ...

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 ...

The Court of Appeal has proposed a law change to lower the age of consent to 16 years. Three judges, Roselyn Nambuye, Daniel Musinga and Patrick Kiage, ruled that time was ripe for the country to ...

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 ...

New research published in Psychology & Sexuality indicates that as women with previous experiences of nonconsensual sex grow ...

One raised the medical age of consent from age 14 to 16, which means parents in Alabama are going to have to give permission for their kids to receive medical services for two more years than was ...