Government Senator calls for age of consent to be reviewed
By Aabigayle McIntosh
There is a renewed call for the age of consent in Antigua and Barbuda to be reviewed moving it from 16 years old.
Senator Samantha Marshall made the remark during her presentation in Parliament on Monday.
She was piloting the Small Charges (Amendment) Bill 2024, which imposes a 10pm – 6am curfew on children, and prohibits them from attending fetes and other such events.
“I do support the fact that there should be some discussions on the age of consent. You can’t vote until you are 18, you can’t drive, you can’t fete, you can’t work and you definitely can’t go no fete until you are 18th.
“I don’t want for us to create another problem by them saying, my age of consent is 16 and I can go somewhere and do what I want to do,” she added.
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