Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google ...

Rosalyn Yellin said she was a teenager when she got married and that her mom signed a consent form to let it happen.

Since 2018, 16 states and Washington, D.C., have ended child marriage by raising the legal age for marriage to 18.

Calcutta High Court upheld a man's Pocso Act conviction, stating a minor cannot give valid consent due to not understanding sexual relationship consequences. The court affirmed the life sentence for a ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. Nine states, including Wisconsin, have no law specifying whether minors can ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A new bill was proposed that, if passed, would require parental consent for minors to receive treatment for certain sexually transmitted diseases. This bill, SB 166, ...

Ordinarily, when children under 18 years old need health or mental health services, the clinician requests consent from their parents or legal guardians (Maslyanskaya & Alderman, 2019; McNary, ...

In many cases, teenagers can have a doctor’s appointment without a parent or guardian present, although state laws vary. There are many reasons a teenager may want to see a doctor on their own, ...

Until last year, Utah’s youngest adults — at 18 — could be charged and sentenced far more harshly than 17-year-olds for having sex with a younger teen of 13. A law passed by the Utah Legislature in ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to review a blocked Montana law that would require physicians to obtain a parent's consent before performing an abortion on a minor, leaving intact ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday turned away an appeal brought by Montana officials seeking to revive a state law that requires minors seeking abortions to obtain the consent of their ...