Sentence examples for legally consented from inspiring English sources

Paradoxically, letting someone lay claim to embryos that they have legally consented to discard in the event of divorce is just one small step from stopping someone from being able to freely choose what exactly happens with and to their own bodies and healthcare decisions.

The state should issue and recognize only civil unions between legally consenting adults, governing legal issues such as property ownership or power of attorney.

(Minors cannot legally consent, no matter what they feel).

Under state law, an inmate cannot legally consent to sexual relations with a jailer.

"Now certainly, under the law, he is too young to legally consent," he said.

In most countries, a minor cannot legally consent to sex with an adult, though laws vary.

(In most of Mexico, she notes, children as young as twelve can legally consent to sex with adults).

The proposed Safe Harbor Act would have ended the practice of criminalizing kids too young to legally consent to sex.

A minor — in general, 16 or 17, depending on the state — can legally consent to sexual activity.

Some legal codes provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the relations are voluntary and between legally consenting adults.

The plaintiffs — B., J., S. and V. — wanted to sue Joe Francis, founder of Girls Gone Wild, for emotional distress because they'd been filmed flashing their breasts or having sex when they were too young to legally consent.