NM teenagers can now legally sext each other

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New Mexico teenagers can now exchange photos without fear of criminal prosecution under a new bill that legalizes sexting and could have national implications for laws on child abuse images.

Governor Susana Martinez, a Republican, signed into law a proposal that allows people aged 14 to 18 to engage in consensual sexting, which means adolescents caught sharing explicit photos with each other will no longer risk facing “child pornography” charges, prison sentences and a damaging criminal record.

The bill stemmed from concerns that prosecutors have charged teenagers for texting photos to each other – a practice that is very common in the smartphone age. Researchers have also found that a majority of adolescents are unaware of the potentially serious legal consequences of sexting.

Before the law was passed on Thursday, if minors in New Mexico were caught sexting – typically with a parent discovering photos on a child’s phone and then reporting it to the authorities – the youth could face charges of possessing, distributing and manufacturing child abuse images.

Prosecutors previously could also file separate charges for each individual image, meaning teens who rapidly exchanged dozens of photos via texts or other smartphone messaging applications could potentially be sentenced to significant prison sentences.

A case in North Carolina thrust the issue of sexting laws into the spotlight when authorities charged two 16-year-olds who were dating with multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after discovering that they had shared nude selfies.

In a recent scandal in Colorado, police found that high school and middle school students had allegedly exchanged hundreds of nude photos, prompting prosecutors to consider filing felony charges.

Most states haven’t updated their child abuse image laws to account for sexting, and supporters of the New Mexico law hope other legislatures will follow suit.


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-mexico-teenagers-can-now-legally-sext-each-other/ar-BBq3LUL?ocid=spartandhp
 
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New Mexico teenagers can now exchange photos without fear of criminal prosecution under a new bill that legalizes sexting and could have national implications for laws on child abuse images.

Governor Susana Martinez, a Republican, signed into law a proposal that allows people aged 14 to 18 to engage in consensual sexting, which means adolescents caught sharing explicit photos with each other will no longer risk facing “child pornography” charges, prison sentences and a damaging criminal record.

The bill stemmed from concerns that prosecutors have charged teenagers for texting photos to each other – a practice that is very common in the smartphone age. Researchers have also found that a majority of adolescents are unaware of the potentially serious legal consequences of sexting.

Before the law was passed on Thursday, if minors in New Mexico were caught sexting – typically with a parent discovering photos on a child’s phone and then reporting it to the authorities – the youth could face charges of possessing, distributing and manufacturing child abuse images.

Prosecutors previously could also file separate charges for each individual image, meaning teens who rapidly exchanged dozens of photos via texts or other smartphone messaging applications could potentially be sentenced to significant prison sentences.

A case in North Carolina thrust the issue of sexting laws into the spotlight when authorities charged two 16-year-olds who were dating with multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after discovering that they had shared nude selfies.

In a recent scandal in Colorado, police found that high school and middle school students had allegedly exchanged hundreds of nude photos, prompting prosecutors to consider filing felony charges.

Most states haven’t updated their child abuse image laws to account for sexting, and supporters of the New Mexico law hope other legislatures will follow suit.


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-mexico-teenagers-can-now-legally-sext-each-other/ar-BBq3LUL?ocid=spartandhp
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Technology sure makes parenting challenging.

I am really conflicted by this law, on one hand, I would not want my child to be a felon, but on the other hand, sending nude selfies at 16 isn't something I wish to be without consequences. My children would suffer family consequences, but not all children have families to help protect them.
 
Rana said:
Technology sure makes parenting challenging.

I am really conflicted by this law, on one hand, I would not want my child to be a felon, but on the other hand, sending nude selfies at 16 isn't something I wish to be without consequences
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Can you imagine if you could send those kinds of photos of your fat, frumpy, fuggly, disgusting self when you were 16?

All the boys...er...victims you would send them to would be instantly blinded for life.

You could live with that as you have absolutely ZERO conscience.
 
Most kids- I guess- don't want parents intruding upon their sex lives- but all kids are different. I was mature- and had lovers- at thirteen. The law is a dinosaur for early developers and smart kids have to work out their own ways of avoiding it- and their parents. Parents who look too hard into kids' lives will alienate them.
Most kids- I guess- don't even need sex ' lessons '. They make their own discoveries without us- and that produces healthy, well-adjusted youngsters in my own experience. Sex - life is a very private thing for kids. Interfere at your peril.

Further, the availability of online pornography advances them even faster. It's their world, their future and they will shape it without us.
 
moon2012 said:
Most kids- I guess- don't want parents intruding upon their sex lives- but all kids are different. I was mature- and had lovers- at thirteen. The law is a dinosaur for early developers and smart kids have to work out their own ways of avoiding it- and their parents. Parents who look too hard into kids' lives will alienate them.
Most kids- I guess- don't even need sex ' lessons '. They make their own discoveries without us- and that produces healthy, well-adjusted youngsters in my own experience. Sex - life is a very private thing for kids. Interfere at your peril.

Further, the availability of online pornography advances them even faster. It's their world, their future and they will shape it without us.
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The First Amendment applies to 14 year olds, shocking!
 
moon2012 said:
Most kids- I guess- don't want parents intruding upon their sex lives- but all kids are different. I was mature- and had lovers- at thirteen. The law is a dinosaur for early developers and smart kids have to work out their own ways of avoiding it- and their parents. Parents who look too hard into kids' lives will alienate them.
Most kids- I guess- don't even need sex ' lessons '. They make their own discoveries without us- and that produces healthy, well-adjusted youngsters in my own experience. Sex - life is a very private thing for kids. Interfere at your peril.

Further, the availability of online pornography advances them even faster. It's their world, their future and they will shape it without us.
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ROFLMAO

lovers at 13. What a fucking queen you are
 
I didn't need sexting, at 13, I just went to the girl down the street's house and played doctor.
 
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