Missouri legislature votes to ban child marriage, raising age to 18

The bill now only needs the governor’s signature to become law.

I don't get why a such law took so long, but late is better than never.

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Studying the Child marriage in the United States Wikipedia page. Looking at the map legenda that says 'red = 0', thinking 'surely that means it's forbidden, right? right??' What the fuck.
- In California, for instance, the general marriage age is 18, but children may be married with parental consent and judicial approval with no minimum age limit.[53
- The fact that so many states allow marriage at 16 is concerning. 🫤

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