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Story summary
- A new report by Unchained At Last and Equality Now calls for an end to child marriage in the United States.
- The report highlights the health, education, and economic consequences of child marriage.
- States such as California and Mississippi allow minors to marry with parental consent, creating loopholes.
- Sixteen states have raised the minimum age to 18, though challenges remain, including statutory rape exemptions for married minors.
