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... that is if you're underage. And that means with anyone, not even someone your own age.

It's just bizarre how there's a threshold where suddenly you inherit all the rights of an American citizen, whereas just the day before you had none. In this case the issue is the protection of privacy. Kansas wants medical professionals to report all cases where a minor is sexually active. All. This means that prosecutors will have legal prerogative to attack minors who are having consensual sex. No lie. The assistant attorney general made it quite clear when he said "Minors cannot consent to illegal sexual activity,''.

I suppose this guy never had sex as a kid. I'm betting he still doesn't get any... but that's just my opinion.

Currently, pending further appeal, the case stands in favor of Kansas. The last appeal ruled that the privacy of minors is not more important than the state's interest in their sex life. Simply, if you're under age, and you screw, and you tell your doctor or the doctor finds out, then everyone, including the state gets to find out about it. And prosecute you for it.

I'm not clear exactly why this dark age mentality went as far as becoming a law. Kids in my high school were screwing as young as 7th and 8th grade. It's not terribly unusual to find sexually active kids girls just over 13. Hormones turn on you know - what are you going to do? Apparently the idea of giving the kids the privacy to talk to their doctors isn't going to be one of them. Instead of treatment and birth control, high school sex is going back to the dark ages in Kansas.

The only thing Kansas can genuinely expect is NOT an imposition of octogenarian morals on teens, but instead an increase in STDs and pregnancy.

I have a message for the legislation in Kansas: You fucking people don't have a clue. Kids WILL have sex, if you can't remember back that far then maybe you should get some exposure to people who do. And do this first, before making half-assed laws that only hurt and not help. Making health-care professionals your morality-police isn't the answer. Being a better parent IS. Legislate that. Fuckers.