Age of sexual consent - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 10 Mar 2022 06:28:22 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Age of sexual consent - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Philippines raise age of consent from 12 to 16 https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/03/10/philippines-raises-age-of-consent-from-12-to-16/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 06:53:36 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=144527 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that raises the age of consent from 12 to 16 years old in a move aimed at protecting minors from sexual abuse and rape. According to the gender-neutral bill, any adult having sex with anyone under 16 years old would be guilty of statutory rape. Read more

Philippines raise age of consent from 12 to 16... Read more]]> Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed into law a bill that raises the age of consent from 12 to 16 years old in a move aimed at protecting minors from sexual abuse and rape.

According to the gender-neutral bill, any adult having sex with anyone under 16 years old would be guilty of statutory rape.

Statutory rape automatically makes the offender guilty by reason of the victim's age, which makes them incapable of giving consent.

"By raising the age to 16, it means those below 16 years of age are not yet capable of giving their consent when they have sex. Thus, the presumption is that the child is raped," lawyer Wesley Young told UCA News.

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Philippines raise age of consent from 12 to 16]]> 144527 French MPs back law to introduce age of sexual consent https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/03/18/age-of-sexual-consent/ Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:50:32 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=134666 French MPs have voted to back a new law that would set the age of consent at 15 and prohibit sex with relatives aged under 18. It is expected to pass in the Senate and will give France an age of consent for sexual relations for the first time. It comes after a series of Read more

French MPs back law to introduce age of sexual consent... Read more]]> French MPs have voted to back a new law that would set the age of consent at 15 and prohibit sex with relatives aged under 18.

It is expected to pass in the Senate and will give France an age of consent for sexual relations for the first time.

It comes after a series of sexual abuse scandals that shook the country.

Supporters say it will make it easier to prosecute both historical and recent cases of sexual abuse.

The bill was passed unanimously by politicians in the National Assembly on Monday night. President Emmanuel Macron's government has said that after final approval in the spring, it wants the bill to come into force quickly.

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