Massachusetts Pro-Family Group Concerned Over Proposal to Alter Ages of Sexual Consent

BOSTON — One of the state's leading conservative pro-family groups is crying foul over a section of a massive bill aimed at overhauling Massachusetts' criminal justice system, a provision that would dramatically alter sexual consent ages. The current statute mandates prison sentences for those who "unlawfully have sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse, and abuses a child under 16 years of age." Individuals prosecuted under this statute currently face sentences of up to life in pris

BOSTON — One of the state's leading conservative pro-family groups is crying foul over a section of a massive bill aimed at overhauling Massachusetts' criminal justice system, a provision that would dramatically alter sexual consent ages. The current statute mandates prison sentences for those who "unlawfully have sexual intercourse or unnatural sexual intercourse, and abuses a child under 16 years of age." Individuals prosecuted under this statute currently face sentences of up to life in pris…