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Old 05-13-2013, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Virginia Beach
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Lower the age of consent to 15? A year too young in my opinion, but okay.
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Old 05-13-2013, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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Lower the age of consent to 15? A year too young in my opinion, but okay.
It's already 16 in most of the U.S. (under most circumstances.)
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Old 05-13-2013, 12:22 PM
 
Location: The Brat Stop
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You seem to think 15 is old enough for a girl to say no. How old is old enough for a boy to say no when the girl is saying not just yes but now.
That's what aspirins are for, according to some conservative minds.
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Old 05-13-2013, 12:26 PM
 
Location: In a cave
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Plan B does no such thing. It prevents fertilization from happening. So there is no "life" involved, unless you think just an egg can become a fetus without the sperm.

Before you argue about "purge a life" you may want to know EXACTLY what that pill does first.

The wheels are in motion and the resulting Plan B terminates a pregnancy that would have happened. Arguing over semantics isn't my cup of tea.

Again, prevention is the key. I'm for Plan B at any age.
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Old 05-13-2013, 12:28 PM
 
Location: In a cave
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I think the age of consent ought to be 13, as it is in Spain, or possibly 14, as it was in Canada until 2007.

This is pretty close to the normal distribution of the first menstrual cycles in woman from what I have heard. Which means the law is pretty close to the laws of biology.

Makes infinitely more sense than 18+.
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Old 05-13-2013, 03:22 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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The wheels are in motion and the resulting Plan B terminates a pregnancy that would have happened. Arguing over semantics isn't my cup of tea.

Again, prevention is the key. I'm for Plan B at any age.
Plan B does not terminate a pregnancy, but I did laugh how you phrased it that it would terminate a pregnancy that would of happened. It is like saying a condom terminates a pregnancy that could of happened.
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Old 05-13-2013, 03:27 PM
 
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If you make it legal for men to impregnate 13 year old girls, then allow 13 year old boys to join the military.

It only makes biological sense, after all.
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Old 05-13-2013, 03:31 PM
 
Location: California
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I think if you can get pregnant you are old enough for Plan B. You can't legislate anyone's sex life except to try and protect minors from adult predators. What minors do with each other is outside the limits of the law.

Human biology and the ability to have sex and get pregnant really have nothing to do with any other age restrictions we set for various things. It's like saying you can get a drivers license when you get pubic hair or start your period or something...one has zero to do with the other.
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Old 05-13-2013, 03:34 PM
 
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If a 15 year old can have sex with another 15 year old...why is it worse if it was a 15 year old with a 40 year old?
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Old 05-13-2013, 03:36 PM
 
Location: California
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If a 15 year old can have sex with another 15 year old...why is it worse if it was a 15 year old with a 40 year old?
I don't know that it is worse, but society had decided to protect minors from adult predators. The whole reason behind that is long and complicated and I'm not familiar enough to discuss it. But that is what we have in place and accept today. If there is a reason to change that people will have to make a case and society will have to accept it.
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