i'm ill #womensrights #news #election Edit for details: Iraq's controversial proposed law 188 has passed its second reading in parliament. The law, if passed, would permit religious rulings in relationships, effectively lowering the age of consent to 9 for girls and 15 for boys. It would also damage women's inheritence and divorce rights. Human rights organizations are concerned because, while laws like this have been rejected in the past, conservatives in parliament have stronger voting power now.