Colombia outlaws child marriage after 17-year campaign

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1. > [At least 60,000 child marriages in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018 occurred at an age or with a spousal age difference that should have been considered a sex crime. Of those child marriages, 88% gave a rapist a “get out of jail free” card, while 12% sent a child home to be raped. Either way, the marriage license made a mockery of statutory rape laws.](https://www.unchainedatlast.org/laws-to-end-child-marriage/)

   [Child marriage in the U.S. is used as a defense for pedophilia.](https://equalitynow.org/learn_more_child_marriage_us/)

   [**End Child Marriage**](https://www.unchainedatlast.org/get-involved/)

   r/stoprape

2. Good step. The battle is just beginning. Changing the law is easier than changing the mindset of the people. It will probably take a few more decades depending upon the enforcement of the government before it’s completely gone. Let’s hope that elected governments will be serious about the issue.

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