Cut and pasted from the NY Times:
“Girls as young as 10 are occasionally married quite legally in the United States. Nine states have established no absolute minimum age for marriage.

A study this year found that nearly 300,000 children — meaning age 17 and under — were married in the United States from 2000 to 2018. An overwhelming majority were 16— or 17— year-old girls, on average marrying a man four years older. But more than 1,000 were 14 or younger, and five were only 10 years old. Some were wed to people far older.”

Would you be in favor of the minimum age for marriage being increased in the US?

I could see the logic of a 17 year old getting married (although my personal opinion is that it’s too young, but I could see it), I don’t see the logic of a 10 year old or a 14 year old, or even a 15 or 16 year old getting married.

According to the NY Times article, there are 45 states in the US where marriage of a minor (17 or under child) is still legal.

I googled and found this: https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/states-that-allow-child-marriage

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