Sentence examples for cannot consent from inspiring English sources

Therefore, bestiality must be banned because it is a sexual act in which consent is impossible – animals cannot consent.

"It was obvious that we needed consent and approval to do this, because a child cannot consent," he said.

The association advocates release of convicted pedophiles and the abolition of laws declaring that minors cannot consent to sexual relations.

It should not be imposed on those who cannot consent to it, unless there is a medical need.

Those who must bear that risk are not yet born, and so cannot consent to the treatment.

Lawrence Balter Manhattan To the Editor: Ms. Brody states that a developmentally disabled person cannot consent to sex.

On the one hand, democracy abhors secrecy because it makes accountability impossible: citizens cannot consent to what is done in their name if they don't know about it.

For centuries, the law prohibiting sexual activity with children has operated on the basis that there is a certain age below which children cannot consent to sex.

Though the charges were not disclosed, investigators were considering seeking rape charges under the legal theory that a person who is too intoxicated cannot consent to sex, the person said.

These are broadly considered to include sexual acts that are spontaneous, intermittent and "consensual" (legally, children under 16 usually cannot consent to sex) between youths within a couple of years age.

He knows that a woman in a magically induced coma cannot consent, even if she was flirting with him in the woods earlier, and even if they have been betrothed since birth.