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Wiz Imp

(6,937 posts)
36. FALSE.
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 11:28 AM
Sep 4

There no evidence of states lowering the age of consent. In fact, the opposite is true.

In 1880, the ages of consent were set at 10 or 12 in most states, with the exception of Delaware where it was 7. The ages of consent were raised across the U.S. during the late 19th century and the early 20th century. By 1920, 26 states had an age of consent at 16, 21 states had an age of consent at 18, and one state (Georgia) had an age of consent at 14. Small adjustments to these laws occurred after 1920. The last two states to raise their age of general consent from under 16 to 16 or higher were Georgia, which raised the age of consent from 14 to 16 in 1995, and Hawaii, which changed it from 14 to 16 in 2001.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent_in_the_United_States

From Google's AI Overview:

No, it is rare for states to lower their age of consent; the trend has been for states to raise the age or ban underage marriage altogether, with Colorado being a notable exception where the age was lowered from 18 to 15 in 1970 after the state's age of majority was also lowered. Recent legislative efforts in states like West Virginia and Missouri have focused on setting a minimum age for marriage, rather than lowering the age of consent.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/investigating-claim-trump-seeks-lower-225800970.html

Investigating claim Trump seeks to lower age of consent and marriage to 14

A rumor that circulated online in August 2025 claimed U.S. President Donald Trump, and the Republican Party, planned to federally act to reduce the age of consent for sexual activity, or the minimum age for marriage, to 14 — matters historically controlled at the state level. Snopes received reader searches asking if this rumor was true.
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In one of the most prominent examples of users sharing the claim, on Aug. 11, content creator Monte Mader (@montemader) posted a three-minute video (archived) to their more than 1.5 million Instagram followers. The clip received over 2.3 million views. Mader also posted the video on Facebook (archived), TikTok (archived) and YouTube (archived), collectively earning nearly 700,000 additional views. Mader, the only person speaking in the clip, made numerous claims, including mentioning Trump's Aug. 11 press conference announcing his takeover of Washington's police department. This partial transcript highlights Mader's primary assertions, which include alleging state governments in Missouri, New Hampshire, West Virginia and Wyoming drafted legislation to allow 14-year-olds to marry adults:
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However, searches of Bing, DuckDuckGo, Google and Yahoo located no news media outlets credibly confirming any developments about Trump and Republicans seeking to lower the age of consent for sex or marriage to 14. A review of Trump's posts on his own Truth Social social media platform found no announcements about this matter, either.

Further, similar searches produced no documentation about governments in the four aforementioned states drafting legislation to allow children as young as 14 years old to marry adults. On the contrary, outlets reported that, in recent months or years, Missouri, New Hampshire, West Virginia and Wyoming either prohibited or tightened restrictions related to marriage for persons under age 18.


https://www.tahirih.org/news/rumors-of-lowering-the-countrys-legal-marriage-age-to-14-debunked-whats-really-happening/#:~:text=No%20proposal%20exists%20to%20lower,States%20are%20making%20progress.

No proposal exists to lower the legal marriage age to 14. The rumor falsely claims that state legislatures in Missouri, New Hampshire, West Virginia, and Wyoming have drafted laws to allow 14-year-olds to marry. There’s no evidence or pending legislation that we have seen, in any of these states, to support that claim. In fact, Missouri and New Hampshire both banned child marriage effective 2025. Reforms passed in both West Virginia and Wyoming in 2023 set minimum marriage ages of 16 in those states, which previously had no minimum age.

No federal policy is being enacted to lower the age of consent for marriage. The federal government cannot raise or lower the marriage age. This is the legal purview of the states. Fact-checking sources have found no basis for this claim.


https://drzlawfirm.com/blog/child-sexual-abuse-or-serious-injury-blog/missouri-age-of-consent-laws/

Missouri Age of Consent Laws
December 8, 2022 | Child Sexual Abuse or Serious Injury
An individual must be of a certain age to legally consent to sexual activity or intercourse in Missouri. Children who are younger than the age of consent are not viewed as having the capacity to give their consent or agree to sexual contact with another person. This means sexual activity with someone below the age of consent could result in prosecution for the crime of statutory rape.

The age of consent in Missouri is 17 years old. This is the minimum age at which an individual is legally able to consent to participate in sexual activity. Anyone who is under the age of 17 cannot consent to sexual intercourse, even if he or she gives permission to engage in the sex acts. There is no such thing as getting consent from someone under the age of 17 in Missouri. Engaging in sexual intercourse with an individual under 17 violates Missouri’s statutory rape law.


https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-senate-once-again-overwhelmingly-approves-child-marriage-ban/

Missouri Senate once again overwhelmingly approves child marriage ban
By:
Clara Bates
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March 6, 2025
12:05 pm

Marriage would be banned for anyone under 18 under a law that advanced out of the Missouri Senate Thursday.

Under current Missouri law, anyone under 16 is prohibited from getting married. But 16 and 17 year olds can get married with parental consent to anyone under 21.

The bill, sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Tracy McCreery, would ban child marriage outright. State Sen. Rick Brattin, a Republican from Harrisonville, filed similar legislation.

“The current marriage laws incentivize and legalize the trafficking of minors under the guise of marriage,” McCreery said Thursday.

The vote Thursday was 32 to 1. The only no vote was state Sen. Mike Moon, a Republican from Ash Grove.


No states have lowered the age of consent, nor are there any states even considering doing so. It isn't happening.

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3 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

Absolutely correct! SheltieLover Sep 4 #1
I want to scream whenever I see it. I don't remember right now whether niyad Sep 4 #5
I'd not seen the term used. SheltieLover Sep 4 #9
roy cohn apparently used it ages ago, and I have seen it used when niyad Sep 4 #12
Omfg! SheltieLover Sep 4 #19
Many prostitutes are badically slaves IbogaProject Sep 4 #38
Infuriating! SheltieLover Sep 4 #42
actually no North Coast Lawyer Sep 4 #67
The National Organization for Women disagrees with you. Wiz Imp Sep 4 #87
These kids were obvioulsy pimped out IbogaProject Sep 4 #89
Thank you. niyad Friday #91
Thank you for this enlightening, disturbing information. niyad Friday #90
details matter North Coast Lawyer Tuesday #100
Acosta did not use it. Wiz Imp Sep 4 #40
Thank you for this appalling information, and the link. This is even worse niyad Sep 4 #77
Yep. Palm Beach County state Prosecutor Barry Krischer was apparently just an awful person Wiz Imp Sep 4 #86
Dear Goddess, the horror just gets worse and worse. niyad Friday #92
One bazillion percent right! FalloutShelter Sep 4 #2
You are most welcome. niyad Sep 4 #6
Trump has called the Epstein debacle a hoax. Others call the survivors child prostitutes. Where is the OLDMDDEM Sep 4 #3
There is no compassion, no morals, no ethics, in that collection of scum. niyad Sep 4 #7
Really sad, especially coming out of the dictator wanna be. OLDMDDEM Sep 4 #21
Really sad brakester Friday #99
Trump ran on it JustAnotherGen Sep 4 #20
That was unbelievable but believable BaronChocula Sep 4 #58
When the files are released JustAnotherGen Sep 4 #59
I like that tack BaronChocula Sep 4 #60
Wish I could rec this TRUTH a jillion times! Heidi Sep 4 #4
Thank you. niyad Sep 4 #8
Done! Heidi Sep 4 #24
INTERPOL has a good list of appropriate terms. Heidi Sep 4 #10
Thank you so much for this. Would you consider posting it as its own OP niyad Sep 4 #13
Thank you so much for this. Would you consider posting it as its own OP niyad Sep 4 #14
The term child sex slaves comes to mind...nt Wounded Bear Sep 4 #11
Yes. niyad Sep 4 #15
K&R spanone Sep 4 #16
Thank you. niyad Sep 4 #17
Should have thousands! spanone Sep 4 #18
Like "underage women" it's a term that makes me want to stomp heads. Scrivener7 Sep 4 #22
EXACTLY!!! niyad Sep 4 #26
Same here! SheltieLover Sep 4 #27
They never say "underage men" leftstreet Sep 4 #48
"Underage women" is only ever used to mean, "that girl child that was raped." For boys, they say, "young man" Scrivener7 Sep 4 #53
I think about the word "boys" when talking about men who commit crimes, niyad Sep 4 #78
TY electric_blue68 Sep 4 #23
You are most welcome. niyad Sep 4 #28
Republicans use "women" for young underage girls IronLionZion Sep 4 #25
Exactly!!! niyad Sep 4 #29
I have a fair degree of emotional intelligence, but Heidi Sep 4 #32
They make excuses for the inexcusable IronLionZion Sep 4 #33
Same here! SheltieLover Sep 4 #43
The children are the victims of sadistic child rapists. Clouds Passing Sep 4 #30
Right. Humans under 17 have no legal standing as "adult," nevermind "prostitute," which is inherently adult. ancianita Sep 4 #31
Whatever happened to the idea of statutory rape? dlk Sep 4 #34
Red states have been lowering the age of consent and marriage IronLionZion Sep 4 #35
FALSE. Wiz Imp Sep 4 #36
Great! IronLionZion Sep 4 #37
Thanks. ancianita Sep 4 #61
Well, this is good to hear Farmer-Rick Sep 4 #76
Grooming, indeed dlk Sep 4 #45
Actually, they've been raising it... malthaussen Sep 4 #71
Good that they are raising it IronLionZion Sep 4 #73
There are no "alternative" facts (child prostitutes") in this case Republicans Stargazer99 Sep 4 #39
AMEN! LoisB Sep 4 #41
Hear, HEAR! ZDU Sep 4 #44
A simple truth a lot of people miss. marble falls Sep 4 #46
K&R!!! chowder66 Sep 4 #47
DURec leftstreet Sep 4 #49
Keep kicked! Heidi Sep 4 #50
Thank you! niyad Sep 4 #80
"Prostitute" does NOT imply agency. intheflow Sep 4 #51
To me the term does imply agency. yardwork Sep 4 #52
Excellent points. sop Sep 4 #55
I was talking about it strictly in the context of the rape-supporters use niyad Sep 4 #56
Right that's why when this one European country JI7 Sep 4 #63
correct Skittles Sep 4 #54
Exactly! niyad Sep 4 #57
Tortured children, for life. That's what I would call them. twodogsbarking Sep 4 #62
Thank you 👍 MustLoveBeagles Sep 4 #64
I admire the sentiment, but I don't want to get too hung up on the wording. Iggo Sep 4 #65
Words, and the context and intent with which they are used are important. niyad Sep 4 #81
a very messy area North Coast Lawyer Sep 4 #66
How's that "messy"? Heidi Friday #95
devil is always in the details North Coast Lawyer Tuesday #103
Exactly. OldBaldy1701E Sep 4 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author valleyrogue Sep 4 #69
So how does one draw the distinction? malthaussen Sep 4 #70
I wrote a poem about this subject -- for a friend who experienced it (trigger warning) malthaussen Sep 4 #72
Going to have to read this later. Right now I just want to scream. niyad Sep 4 #83
Rather like when they say "had sex with underage teens." WTF? Orrex Sep 4 #74
That's a big red flag, for sure--redistributing the responsibility Heidi Friday #96
Just stating a fact, that in many states mikewv Sep 4 #75
JFC. Would you post a list of those states? Absolutely sickening. niyad Sep 4 #82
As of 2020 mikewv Sep 4 #85
Thank you. I pretty much guessed most of the list, but several of the states niyad Friday #93
Absolutely, I couldn't agree with you more wendyb-NC Sep 4 #79
The sheer numbers of those protecting, and being protected, niyad Sep 4 #84
K&R! Takket Sep 4 #88
Thank you. niyad Friday #94
Keep kicked! Heidi Friday #97
Thank you! niyad Friday #98
Kicking again SheltieLover Tuesday #101
Thank you! niyad Tuesday #102
Tyvm for posting this! SheltieLover Tuesday #104
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