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Protect 16-18 year olds from adults exploiting age of consent loophole.

Submitted on Wednesday 1st July 2020

Rejected on Thursday 30th July 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Protect 16-18 year olds from adults exploiting age of consent loophole.

Petition Details

Have laws that stop adults from entering into sexual relationships with children and teenagers, to close the loophole a lot of pedophiles are exploiting.

Additional Information

Many children and teenagers are drawn into situations and being abused by adults who know better, and it needs to stop. Currently adults can get away with sexual relationships with 16 year olds as long as no photos are taken. It is pedophilia and it needs to be dealt with.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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