Here come the underage brides … for the last time?

May 5, 2023

Parents or guardians could no longer marry off their children before the minor reaches the age of 18 under legislation promoted today by 17 former child brides who showed up to the Capitol in wedding dresses. Some of the women wore plastic handcuffs around their wrists and black tape over their mouths to signify how young girls are shackled, silenced and prone to abuse when they are married before they reach an age at which they are realistically able to fend for themselves. "I thought I was in love," said Arlene Nyhof about getting married at 16. From the day

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