Petition make 18 the legal age of consent.

you have to be 18 in the uk to buy ciggeretts 16 to get pregnant there is no sense in this
18 should be the age of consent / you need to be 18 to get into a night club or legally buy drink / so why is the age of 16 considered responsible enough to have a child // raise the age of consent

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take the pressure of our teenagers make the legal age of consent 18.

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Date closed 6 November 2019
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