‘They’re girls, not wives’: Colombia votes to outlaw child marriage

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/americas/colombia-child-marriage-law-intl-latam/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit

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  1. Colombia’s congress has voted to change a law that allowed minors to get married with parental consent.

    The proposal [would make the minimum age for marriage 18,](https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/americas/colombia-child-marriage-law-intl-latam/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit) and seeks to protect the rights and development opportunities for minors. It still must be signed into law by President Gustavo Petro.

    Currently, the country’s civil code allows person as young as 14 years old to get married with parental consent.

    The initial proposal to reform the law – presented in 2023 – used the slogan “they’re girls, not wives” and aimed to prevent young girls from being forced to marry, to be subject to different forms of violence and to miss out on education and development opportunities.

    “Minors are not sexual objects, they’re girls,” congresswoman Clara López Obregón said in a statement after the proposal was greenlit.

  2. But that only affects marriage consent right, not ‘consent concent’? Asking for Matt Geatz.

  4. Colombia did it before the USA while the choice for AG is a suspected pedo. Well done Colombia. 

  5. why (not all) men want to marry children and why are they stubbornly attached to child marriage laws? like, how do you justify it to yourself and to other people that it’s a reasonable stance to have a grown man legally rape and potentially impregnate a minor on the regular without anyone intervening?

  7. Their coke heads got it right. Our’s supply must be tainted

  9. Good move. Child marriage is so gross 🤮

    This should be illegal regardless of your religious beliefs 🫡

  12. This marks another country, one which is often in turmoil in no small part to the USA’s sphere of influence, that has surpassed the USA on a critical issue

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