Child marriage is still legal in most of the U.S. Here’s why.
Category
Adolescent Girls, Adolescent Wellbeing and Youth Development, Adolescents and Youth, Child Marriage, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
News Organization
The Hill
Publication Date
30 October 2023
Publication Author
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech
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Thousands of children and teens are legally wed in the United States each year: almost 300,000 minors got married between 2000 and 2018, according to one 2021 study by Unchained at Last, a nonprofit that helps women and girls get out of forced marriages.
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