Is it Time to Change Age-of-Consent Laws?

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We’re now just two weeks out from the Alabama special election between Republican Roy Moore and Democrat Doug Jones. They're facing off to fill the Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

But a cloud of harassment and assault allegations hangs over Roy Moore’s campaign. A number of women have come forward to say that Moore had inappropriate sexual relationships with them as young girls. 

Here, one sexual harassment law expert says Roy Moore's alleged actions serve as an example of why we need to amend our laws around consent for young people.

Jennifer Drobac is a professor of sexual harassment law at Indiana University, and author of "Sexual Exploitation of Teenagers: Adolescent Development, Discrimination & Consent Law." She says we need a radical change to our consent laws: let teens offer “assent," which they can subsequently revoke. This, she argues, would protect teens legally, and keep men like Moore from going after them in the first place.

This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich