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    https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/child-marriage-us-legal-bill-to-ban/
    Child Marriage Is Legal in New York — But This Bill Aims to Stop It

    Just a few years ago in the state of New York, a 14-year-old girl legally married a 26-year-old man.
    It was, without question, child marriage —  an issue that the United Nations says is a flagrant human rights violation. But marriage at the age of 14 is legal in New York and many other states in the US, provided the parents and a court give their permission
 
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