National Coalition to End Child Marriage
End Gender-Violence Zonta Says NO!
US Women at the UN
by Nicholas Kristof Opinion in the NYTimes
“Thirty-two states still allow child marriages in some circumstances, such as with the permission of a parent or a judge. Two states, New Mexico and Mississippi, have no minimum age at all.
Some of the defenders of child marriages in America are religious groups on the far right, but as a liberal myself, I find it deeply dispiriting that in a number of states they are joined by left-leaning organizations such as the local affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood — even, in Illinois, the National Organization for Women. ” read the full article (gift link)
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