{"id":126052,"date":"2019-07-30T19:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=126052"},"modified":"2019-07-30T21:48:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T01:48:10","slug":"yes-dershowitz-actually-advocated-for-the-age-of-consent-to-be-lowered-to-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=126052","title":{"rendered":"Yes, Dershowitz actually advocated for the age of consent to be lowered to 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Creepy Dershowitz’ Trends And You Really Don’t Want To Know Why<\/h1>\n

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Alan Dershowitz<\/a>\u00a0fired off a series of tweets on Monday defending an old column he wrote that suggested lowering the age of consent to 15.<\/p>\n

Dershowitz argued in the 1997 Los Angeles Times piece that \u201cpuberty is apparently arriving earlier, particularly among some ethnic groups.\u201d And, he said, \u201cbased on demographic criteria,\u201d the age of consent should be lowered:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt certainly should not be as high as 17 or 16. Reasonable people can disagree over whether it should be as low as 14. Fifteen would seem like an appropriate compromise.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The comments\u00a0resurfaced on Monday in a New Yorker profile<\/a>. Despite the ensuing outcry, the Harvard law professor and frequent Fox News guest didn\u2019t back down:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I stand by the constitutional (not moral) argument I offered in my controversial oped: if a 16 year old has the constitutional right to have an abortion without state or parental interference, how could she not have the constitutional right to engage in consensual sex? 1\/ https:\/\/t.co\/48Thb8Uaym<\/a><\/p>\n

— Alan Dershowitz (@AlanDersh) July 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n