# New Mexico decriminalizes minor-to-minor sexting **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 27, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mexico-decriminalizes-minor-to-minor-sexting/747295 "2016-02-27T15:11:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mexico-decriminalizes-minor-to-minor-sexting/747295/1 "2016-02-27T15:11:25Z")
It’s actually part of a law that increases sentencing for child porn, but the bill creates a “Romeo and Juliet” type exception for minors. Predictably, some people are outraged. Interestingly, the Governor doesn’t like it either, but she wanted the rest of the bill, so she signed it. > [@](#): > > 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. > **[New Mexico teens can now legally sext each other and exchange nude photos](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/26/new-mexico-legalizes-teen-sexting)** > > The new law means adolescents caught sharing explicit photos with each other will no longer risk charges, prison sentences and a damaging criminal record > **[New Mexico Exempts Sexting From Child Porn Penalties](https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/new-mexico-sexting-child-porn-exemption/)** > > Increased prison sentences for the creation, distribution and possession of child pornography were signed into law Thursday by New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, despite her opposition to an exemption for the texting of explicit images between two...