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Advocates Rally to End Child Marriage in America

11/12/2025

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Advocates and survivors gathered in Boston on September 22, 2021 to press for ending child marriage in the United States.
A new study shows child marriage is adapting to the digital age and becoming harder to detect.
Four states have no minimum age for marriage, enabling normalization under religious or familial pretexts.
Advocates urge Congress to pass the Child Marriage Prevention Act to set the minimum age at 18.

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Story summary

Advocates and survivors gathered in Boston on September 22, 2021 to press for ending child marriage in the United States.
A new study shows child marriage is adapting to the digital age and becoming harder to detect.
Four states have no minimum age for marriage, enabling normalization under religious or familial pretexts.
Advocates urge Congress to pass the Child Marriage Prevention Act to set the minimum age at 18.