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.

  • atempuser23@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The worst part is specifically so the 30 year old doesn’t go to jail. This is a legal loophole for adults to have sex with children.

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      1 year ago

      It’s a “you broke it you bought it” law from the days when children were property (apparently including today)