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CMV: Age of consent in the USA should be federally mandated at 18 years old across all 50 states.

Abortion is the only exception, as I think there should be more autonomy given to the pregnant person rather than the parents in that decision.

If legal adult age is 18 in the USA, it should apply to all privileges. If a teenager wants to be in a relationship with an adult (barring the Romeo & Juliet laws), they should be at least 18 years old. This way, statutory rape can be considered a federal offense and might ward off more pedophiles.

There will be some who balk at the “federal” thing in favor of smaller government, but in my opinion, there should not be a “safe haven” in another state for a 16 year old to have sex with a 30 year old and not get in trouble.

EDIT: If both people are underage, obviously this doesn’t apply to them.

EDIT 2: Why oh why did I go back and read those comments? Well I did, and I guess I have to say some stuff, or else I won’t be able to sleep tonight.

1) Thank you to those who tried to keep the conversations in good faith.

2) I am no prude, I am no puritan.

3) My thoughts behind this CMV were to deter sexual relationships between clear minors and clear grown adults, so yes I should have specified such relationships with large age gaps. So a 14 year old having sexual contact (I don’t give a crap what your definition of that is) with a person 18 and over is gross and predatory to me. Clearly there are some folks who disagree. A 17 year old having sex with an 18-20 year old is NOT WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. I am also no longer interested in discussing the “what if’s” behind different age combos. (17/25, 18/24, 15/19, 20/30, etc).

4) I have given all the deltas I am prepared to give on the subject, so if you’re still harassing me trying to get me to respond, I am no longer entertaining said responses.
gpt
The Constitution does not allow for this. Any power not explicitly given to the federal government belongs to the states. This country was formed with the understanding (even with a much smaller footprint at the time) that it was going to be a huge place full of a huge variety of people and cultures, and that it wouldn't make sense to try and have federal laws about everything. The entire appeal of the US was and still is that our states are the primary legislators.