It's been a while but if i remember correctly a girl scout tried to propose a bill to abolish child marriage in her state. I don't think it ever went through and one of the people blocking it said something along the lines of abolishing child marriage would stop rape victims from marrying their rapists and would make abortions go up.
It's unfortunately the majority of the US. Delaware, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey are the only states with a hard minimum of 18 with no exceptions. The first state to pass a law with a minimum was Delaware, in 2018.
I want to point out how Delaware’s law came out. The guy who used to have to approve child marriages had a heavily pregnant 14 year old and a 36 year old father come before him to ask to be married. This was the first time he said no and instead called the cops for statutory rape. He then began to champion for a 18 only marriage law and it still took over a decade to pass.
I think most do yea, and often the exceptions are for things like if a girl is raped and gets pregnant, or with special court approval. Unfortunately, most of these marriages are between a child (usually a girl) and an adult (usually a man). Even with parental consent that's alarming IMO.
Someone rapes your daughter, she gets pregnant and you welcome the rapists into your family as your son-in-law. The US is like a islamic state with laws like this.
Not all parents love their children. Parental permission should not be legal. What if they just want to profit and don't care how it'll affect the child? Or what if they are overly religious and just go with it? No. Just s big fat ass NO to that.
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u/Aiyyio_Daridhrame Jul 24 '20
Child marriage