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Unchained At Last, a non-profit advocacy group dedicated to ending child marriage in the United States, found that only 14% of the child marriages conducted from 2000 to 2010 were between two children marrying each other. [20] In the other 86% of cases, child marriages are between a minor and an adult. [35]
Pages in category "Child marriage in the United States" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
While many think child marriage is only an issue in far away countries, it affects thousands of children every year in the United States.
The marriage of 22-year-old Charlie Johns and nine-year-old Eunice Winstead was a child marriage that took place in the state of Tennessee, United States, in January 1937. [1] [2] [3] The event received national attention after Life magazine published an article about the union the following month.
Under the current law, a judge and a parent may enter a child into marriage, with no real recourse for a minor who does not want to marry. Child marriage is not a right. It is a human rights abuse.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill this week that bans anyone under age 18 from getting married in the state. Previously, 16- and 17-year-olds could marry if a parent provided consent.
Child marriage is a marriage or domestic partnership, formal or informal, usually between a child and an adult, but can also be between a child and another child. [ 1 ] Although the age of majority (legal adulthood ) and marriage age are typically 18 years old, these thresholds can differ in different jurisdictions . [ 2 ]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Adult women who left marriages they entered as children on Wednesday called on Missouri lawmakers to outlaw child marriage, a practice currently legal in most states. Missouri lawmakers in 2018 prohibited marriages of children 15 and younger, only allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to marry with parental permission.