Republicans Oppose Child Marriage Bans, Say It Would Promote Abortion
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GOP lawmakers across the U.S. have opposed raising the marriage age, with some arguing child marriage bans would encourage abortion.

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Rep. Danny Williams

Rep. Justin Humphrey

Rep. Derrick Hildebrant

Rep. Warren Hamilton

Rep. Mark McBride

Rep. John George

Rep. Chris Sneed

Rep. David Hardin

Rep. Ronny Johns

Rep. Josh Cantrell

Rep. Jon Echols

Rep. Marcus McEntire

Rep. Tom Gann

Rep. Cody Maynard

Rep. Kevin West

Rep. Neil Hays

Rep. Rande Worthen

Rep. Brad Boles

Rep. Todd Russ

Rep. Ken Luttrell

Rep. Randy Randleman

Rep. Clay Staires

Rep. Ty Burns

Rep. Rusty Cornwell

Rep. Mark Vancuren

Rep. Eddy Dempsey

Rep. Mike Dobrinski

Rep. Gerrid Kendrix

Rep. Brian Hill

Rep. Dell Kerbs

Rep. Dick Lowe

Rep. Jim Grego

Rep. Kent Peterson

Rep. Kevin McDugle

Rep. Trey Caldwell

Rep. Ellyn Hefner

  • pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works
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    14 days ago

    Paywall-free options: https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/republican-lawmakers-child-marriage-abortion-1235018777/

    Also what, and I cannot stress this enough, the fuck.

    Marriage is currently legal in Missouri at age of 16 with at least one parent’s consent. That’s a relatively recent development: Missouri lawmakers only banned marrying children who were 14 years old or younger in 2018.

    What the fuck.

    The United States does not have a federal law setting the age of marriage. The marriage age is set by states, and only 12 of them have banned child marriage. (Those states: Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington.)

    What the fuck.

    A 2021 study by the advocacy group Unchained at Last found that 300,000 minors were married between 2000 and 2018 in the United States. According to the group, 60,000 of those marriages involved an age difference that would have otherwise been considered a sex crime.

    … So 20% of them are literally statutory rape but still were legal somehow???

    The vast majority of these minors were 16 or 17 years old, and most were girls wed to adult men who were four years older than they were, on average. There were five documented instances of children as young as 10 married in the U.S. in the period studied.

    I think I am going to be sick.

    On the New Hampshire House floor last week, state Rep. Jess Edwards ® argued against raising the marriage age from 16 to 18, by asking whether a law preventing people “of ripe, fertile age”

    Absolute creepiest way to say it, too.

    Well, you ever read something expecting it to be bad, and then it’s even worse? This is that. Jesus Christ.

      • pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works
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        14 days ago

        Ah, shoot, the rules forbid me from posting the full text of articles in the comments, so I’m not sure what to do if this link doesn’t work. (I… think I’m in the clear posting the link at all, since it’s a comment and not a post? But mods let me know if I’ve misunderstood and I will remove the paywall-free link.)

    • violetring@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      Don’t forget that they are still legally minors, and therefore cannot legally sign divorce papers without the consent of their legal guardian (spouse) or an advocate. Marriage is a contract, minors cannot enter into a contract, modify, or terminate a contract without an adult advocate. With most contracts that would be the parents (or child advocate), unless they sign those rights over through a parent consented marriage.

    • stylusmobilus@aussie.zone
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      14 days ago

      Well I was going to say, just check the entire male population’s hard drives as a joke but now I’m not so sure if it should be a joke.