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‘I can’t believe we’re having this conversation’: the states pushing for 14-year-olds to serve alcohol (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago

She disputes the idea that teens could be put at special risk of sexual assault by serving alcohol. “The environment isn’t the crime … the person who sexually assaults a person has committed the crime,” she told the Guardian in an email.

It's like handing a potential murderer a gun and blaming the 14 year if they get shot.

Especially because it is now illegal to get an abortion.... even in.... these.... cases.