Malta should have ‘Romeo and Juliet’ law for consensual teen sex, experts say

Malta needs ‘Romeo and Juliet’ laws that decriminalise underage, consensual sex between close-in-age teens, according to child ambassadors who believe that dropping the age of consent from 16 to 14 is not the solution.Children’s Commissioner Antoinette Vassallo, the National Youth Council and the president of the Eurochild network Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca also agreed on the...