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California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states

83 points · 136 comments · dabinat

  1. fmajid · · focus · HN ↗
    The real scandal is not so much that there are still 32 states allowing child marriage, but that efforts to end the practice are successfully resisted as in Wisconsin:

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wisconsinwatch.org&#x2F;2026&#x2F;06&#x2F;wisconsin-child-marriage-law-parental-consent-legal-republican-democrat&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wisconsinwatch.org&#x2F;2026&#x2F;06&#x2F;wisconsin-child-marriage-...

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