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Government to consider raising age of consent to 18
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Government to consider raising age of consent to 18
The government has signalled that it will consider raising Antigua and Barbuda’s age of sexual consent from 16 to 18 following calls in Parliament for the law to be reviewed as part of wider efforts to protect children from sexual abuse.The issue emerged during Monday’s debate on the Sexual Offences Amendment Bill 2026, when Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle argued that the current age of consent should be brought into line with other legal thres…
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