Is child marriage still legal in your state?

Is child marriage still legal in your state?

Find out here and what you can do about it if it is, here.

What you might be surprised to find is that child marriage is still legal, in at least some capacity, in the majority of states. What you also might be shocked to find is that this state is the one that’s pushed back the most on changing the status quo:

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Full episode on the fight to end child marriage and forced marriage across the US with Unchained At Last’s Fraidy Reiss is out now on #app... See more

Child marriage in the US is an issue that our guest Fraidy Reiss, the Founder/Executive Director at Unchained At Last is an expert on. A survivor of a forced marriage herself, and the founder of an organization that helps those fleeing forced marriages, Fraidy knows the ins and outs of this issue. To frame it with numbers, only nine and soon-to-be ten states have outlawed child marriage, a form of forced marriage – and that number is only as it is because of the work that Fraidy has led on. Why is this the case? She answers that. Should this be a national fight? She also answers that. What’s the difference between a forced and an arranged marriage? Also answered. And what do the people resistant to banning this say? Oh does she lay it down:

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A look at our convo on the fight to end child marriage and forced marriage in the US with Unchained At Last’s Fraidy Reiss - full #podcast... See more

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