Teenagers favour equal age of consent for boys and girls

Teenagers are demanding the age of sexual consent to be equal for boys and girls, it emerged today.

Mon, 13 Nov, 2006 - 15:05
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Teenagers are demanding the age of sexual consent to be equal for boys and girls, it emerged today.

The views of more than 200 teenagers were examined for proposals to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Child Protection regarding the age of consent for sexual activity.

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