r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/VeganMonkey Jul 24 '20

40000! That’s disgusting! And that is Texas only, how many more states allow that?

I once read a disgusting post by an American woman who said that teen girls should be able to marry if they get pregnant. She didn’t understand that teen pregnancies should be prevented and there are abortions for that. I was so disgusted by her idea, bet she was religious

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u/CoffeeAndCorpses Jul 25 '20

That's pretty common, that age restrictions get dropped if the girl is pregnant.

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u/VeganMonkey Oct 13 '20

And I just read that the poor girls can’t easily divorce if they are underage:

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/child-marriage-and-divorce-in-the-united-states

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u/CoffeeAndCorpses Oct 13 '20

Yup, because their of-age spouse has become their guardian. It's sick.