Age-of-consent reform

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Age-of-consent reform encompasses many different efforts to amend age of consent laws. Age-of-consent refers to the age at which a person can legally consent to sex. Ages-of-consent are enacted to protect those considered too young or immature to have the capacity to consent.

Proposed reforms typically include raising, lowering, or abolishing the age of consent, applying (or not applying) close-in-age exemptions, changing penalties, or changing how cases are examined in court. A related issue is whether or not to enforce ages of consent on homosexual relationships that are different from those enforced on heterosexual relationships. Organized efforts have ranged from academic discussions to political petitions.