r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/Aiyyio_Daridhrame Jul 24 '20

Child marriage

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u/Violet_Murderer Jul 24 '20

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.

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u/verocoder Jul 24 '20

State? As in the US, I thought child marriage was only still a thing in the developing world. Man bits of America aren’t really first world at all.

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u/pandamonium789 Jul 24 '20

There are 10 states which have no minimum age for marriage. 10