Health ; Lowering the Age of Consent for Sex Would Be a Disaster: Dear Miriam

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I can't believe that lowering the age of consent for sex is a topic up for debate on BBC radio tomorrow.

In Iconoclasts, a Radio 4 discussion programme, law professor John Spencer will argue that the current age of consent - 16 - should be lowered because it criminalises half the teenage population.

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Health ; Lowering the Age of Consent for Sex Would Be a Disaster: Dear Miriam

What rubbish - that makes as much sense as saying, let's decriminalise shoplifting because there are so many thieves! It's a lazy, irresponsible appro...

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