About 300,000 children and teens were legally married in the United States between 2000 and 2018, according to data from Unchained at Last, a nonprofit that works to help women and girls in forced marriages.
Laws prohibiting minors to marry have struggled to pass. Only 10 states have a law prohibiting people under 18 from marrying.
Pushback to setting 18 as a minimum age for marriage comes from both conservative and progressive groups.
This isn't 16 year olds marrying their girlfriend/boyfriend after getting knocked up. This is 16 year olds marrying 30 year olds (after getting knocked up)
The worst part is specifically so the 30 year old doesn't go to jail. This is a legal loophole for adults to have sex with children.
It's a "you broke it you bought it" law from the days when children were property (apparently including today)
Wasn't there also some weird loophole that prevents married minors from getting a divorce?
It's not a loophole it's the while point
Minors can't sign a contract. Their parents have to sign for them. Maybe that's related?
and getting knocked around, probably.