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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days ago

Missouri legislature votes to ban child marriage, raising age to 18

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Missouri legislature votes to ban child marriage, raising age to 18

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days ago

The bill now only needs the governor’s signature to become law.

I don’t get why a such law took so long, but late is better than never.

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You mean they hadn’t already?!
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  It’s legal in a lot of the US, yes. Sometimes it requires approval from a judge, 4 states have no minimum age at all.
  
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_marriage_in_the_United_States

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