Child marriage is still legal in most of the U.S. Here’s why.
Child marriage is still legal in most of the U.S. Here’s why.
Story at a glance About 300,000 children and teens were legally married in the United States between 2000 and 2018, according to data from Unchained at Last, a nonprofit that works t…
About 300,000 children and teens were legally married in the United States between 2000 and 2018, according to data from Unchained at Last, a nonprofit that works to help women and girls in forced marriages.
Laws prohibiting minors to marry have struggled to pass. Only 10 states have a law prohibiting people under 18 from marrying.
Pushback to setting 18 as a minimum age for marriage comes from both conservative and progressive groups.
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Republicans
The party of forced birth for child brides.
And forced birth for raped children as we’ve already seen since Roe v wade was flipped
Republicans: "This would never happen, even if Roe v. Wade got overturned!!!!"
Republicans: overturn Roe v. Wade, pass laws that prohibit abortion in case of rape
Republicans: "Well, nobody wants that, but it's the law of the land, and we just have to abide by it!!!"
It didn’t even take a year to start seeing death and lives destroyed.