Statutory Rape Law Could Change

Originally posted at 6 p.m. Wednesday

Idaho could rewrite its statutory rape laws to exclude relationships between consenting teenagers. The changes would decriminalize sex between teenage girls aged 16 or 17 with partners up to three years older than them. The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee agreed Wednesday to introduce the legal change introduced by Sen. Brent Hill , R-Rexburg (pictured). “I don’t believe that an 18-year-old boy’s indiscretion with a willing 17-year-old girlfriend ranks up there with the degenerates that rape women,” Hill said. “I was surprised to see it lumped in there with some of the most terrible crimes a person could commit.” Current Idaho rape laws list statutory rape,  called sexual penetration when a woman is under 18, alongside other forms of rape/ Brad Iverson-Long , Idaho Reporter. More here .

Question: Do you consider the changes being proposed in statutory rape laws for consenting teens who are under-age reasonable?