Claim(permalink)
The age of consent — at which a person is considered legally competent to consent to sexual relations — in the majority of states in the U.S. is 16 or 17 years of age.
✓snopescom rating: mostly credible; published on 2021-04-01
Factors
veracity
mostly credible
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2021-04-01
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