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Several recent state bills sought to change ages tied to sexual consent, marriage, medical consent, or criminal prosecution — mostly to raise ages (e.g., Oklahoma’s HB1003 to raise statutory‑rape thre...
Recent reporting and legislative records in the provided sources show a stronger trend toward raising, not lowering, state ages of consent or tightening rules around minors (for example, Oklahoma move...
There is no evidence in available reporting that conservatives as a unified movement are trying to lower the U.S. age of consent for sex; recent reporting and fact-checks show rumors of federal moves ...
Lawmakers who have moved to change ages tied to sexual consent or marriage in recent years have been driven largely by two competing impulses: to tighten protections against child marriage and sexual ...
As of mid‑2025, the legal landscape is mixed: most states allow 16‑year‑olds to marry with some combination of parental and/or judicial permission, but a growing minority of states have banned all und...
As of 2024 the number of U.S. states that had enacted “bright‑line” bans making 18 the minimum marriage age with no exceptions rose to at least 13, with Washington, Virginia and New Hampshire joining ...
There is no reliable, nationally accepted per-capita rate of sexual abuse or rape specifically among undocumented immigrants because of measurement gaps, underreporting, and differing methodologies; l...
Between 2020 and 2024, multiple U.S. states tightened marriage-age laws: notable changes in 2020 included laws in Pennsylvania and Minnesota; states that enacted full bans (no exceptions) or raised mi...
Minors cannot get married with parental consent in all U.S. states in 2025; a growing minority of states have set 18 as an absolute minimum while most states still permit some form of under‑18 marriag...