Woodhull/Age of Consent
The following are resources accessed or referred to during the presentation: The Unexpected Consequences of Age of Consent Laws
Sample Age of Consent Laws
- Massachusetts – Age of consent is 16, no “Romeo and Juliet” provisions
- California – Age of consent is 18, “Romeo and Juliet” provision: 3 year age difference is a misdemeanor
- Washington State – Age of Consent is 16, “Romeo and Juliet” provision decriminalizes sexual contact based on the age of the ‘victim’
Sample Mandatory Reporter law
Articles, Studies, Resource Pages
- Recasting Vagueness: The Case of Teen Sex Statutes
- Sex Offense Offenders, Statutory Rape, Sex and Race by Age, 2012
- Child Welfare Information Gateway – including information about state Mandatory Reporting and Child Abuse laws
- Statutory Rape by Age, Race, Sex – 2012 data
Mandatory Reporting/Medical Privacy cases
- Planned Parenthood v. Van de Kamp, 181 Cal App. 3d 245 (1986)
- Planned Parenthood v. Carter, 854 N.E.2d 853 (Ind. App. 2006)
- Brief synopsis of Aid for Women v. Foulston, with documents
- Aid for Women v. Foulston 327 F.Supp.2d 1273 (D. Kansas 2004)
- Vacated by: Aid for Women v. Foulston, 441 F3d 1101 (2006)
- on Remand: Aid for Women v. Foulston, 447 F.Supp 2d 1093 (D. Kansas)
Mandatory Reporting/Medical Privacy articles, studies resources
- “Taking the Sting Out Of Reporting Requirements: Reproductive Health Clinics and the Constitutional Right to Informational Privacy” 56 Duke Law Journal 583 (2006)
- Protecting Adolescents: Ensuring Access to Care and Reporting Sexual Activity and Abuse : Position paper of the american academy of family physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, The American Academy of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Society for Adolescent Medicine
- “Sexual activity and sexual abuse are not synonymous. It should not be assumed that adolescents who are sexually active are, by definition, being abused. Many adolescents have consensual sexual relationships. It is critical that adolescents who are sexually active receive appropriate confidential health care and counseling.”