India’s highest court is to decide whether the age of consent for sexual activity should be lowered, in a landmark case that has sparked fierce debate across the country. Lawyers petitioned the ...

Japanese lawmakers implemented regulation Friday that raises the national age of consent from 13 to 16 and rewrites how the country defines sex crimes. The change was long sought by members of the ...

A bill to raise the age of consent is working its way through the Oklahoma legislature, and local child advocates expressed on Wednesday that it is a step in the right direction. Senate Bill 445 ...

On April 9, 2024, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a 4-2 decision that allowed a law banning abortion — on the books since before Arizona became a state — to be enforced. In 1863, the New Mexico ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A bill to raise ...

In the summer of 2021, when COVID-19 and the postponed Olympics were together delivering a heady mix of sweat and headlines in Japan, a 56-year-old male politician from the Constitutional Democratic ...

PITTSFIELD — The City Council backed another measure to safeguard children from sexual abuse. On Tuesday, the council unanimously supported H.1634, which closes a loophole in the state’s statutory ...

New Delhi: The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, brought in 13 years ago as a stringent law to shield minors from sexual predators, is now being seen as one that is being ...