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“Child marriage strips children of their bodily autonomy and freedom, legitimizes statutory rape and child sexual abuse under the guise of marriage, and exposes them to coercion that they lack the legal capacity to resist." Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Most states have allowed minors to become legally emancipated from their parents if they can show they are able to live as a responsible adult and take care of themselves. A minor could also marry with parental consent. I always THOUGHT that age was 16! Age 10?! Husband becomes the minor's guardian.