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Professor Drobac Separates Fact from Fiction for AFP
02/15/2021
A story claiming that President Biden lowered the age of consent is false. The website, AFP Fact Check, reached out to Professor Jennifer Drobac for comment on its story that debunks this falsified news item purporting to be from CNN.
“It’s impossible for any President to reset the age of consent across the nation for all adult activities. Practically speaking, only the state legislatures and Congress can make binding law to effectuate such a change in the age of consent,” Professor Drobac said in the AFP story.
AFP is a digital verification service that launched in France in 2017. It has grown to become a global fact-checking organization with journalists from around the world.
Professor Drobac is a widely known expert in sexual harassment law. She is an author of the textbook, Sexual Harassment Law: History, Cases and Practice, recently published by Carolina Academic Press. She co-authored the book with Professor Carrie N. Baker of Smith College and Professor Rigel C. Oliveri of the University of Missouri School of Law. Professor Drobac is at work on her next book, The Myth of Consent, which is under contract with Cambridge University Press. That work will explore the neuroscience of adult decision making and how the science should influence law reform, particularly the law of consent. She is a Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law.
