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  2. Age verification laws seek to protect minors from porn online ...

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    Age verification laws have passed in 19 states since 2023, in hopes of protecting minors from adult content. But critics argue these laws actually undermine the rights of adults who visit these sites.

  3. Age-of-consent reform - Wikipedia

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    Romeo and Juliet laws were passed in 2007 in Connecticut and Indiana. [59] In Indiana, a change in the law decriminalizes consensual sex between adolescents if they are found by a court to be in a "dating relationship" with an age difference of four years or less [59] and other states have adopted similar reforms. Michigan passed a Romeo and ...

  4. Texas probes tech platforms over safety and privacy of minors

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    Top U.S. social media platforms made an estimated $11 billion in advertising revenue from users younger than 18 in 2022, according to a Harvard study published last year. U.S. Surgeon General ...

  5. Courts: Texas minors' gender-affirming care ban OK to start ...

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    The rejected motion meant to allow treatments to remain available as the case continues. Meanwhile, a judge ruled drag show bans may be unconstitutional.

  6. Age of consent in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The only minimum age for a perpetrator of first degree rape/criminal sexual act with a victim under 11 (NY Penal Law §§ 130.35[3] & 130.50[3]), sexual abuse in the first and second degrees (NY Penal Law §§ 130.65[3] & 130.60[2]), and misdemeanor sexual misconduct (NY Penal Law § 130.20) is provided by the defense of infancy found at NY ...

  7. LGBTQ rights in Texas - Wikipedia

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    However, on August 31, the day before the law was due to take effect, the Supreme Court of Texas allowed the law to go ahead. [193] Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton subpoenaed the medical records of trans kids from Seattle Children's Hospital and from QueerMed, a Georgia-based telehealth clinic. On April 22, 2024, Paxton's office announced a ...

  8. Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for ...

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    The Texas Supreme Court allowed a new state law banning gender-affirming care for minors to take effect on Friday, setting up Texas to be the most populous state with such restrictions on ...

  9. Texas Supreme Court upholds state’s ban on gender-affirming ...

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    The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday to allow the state’s ban on nearly all gender-affirming care for minors to remain in effect.