New York law currently permits children as young as 14, usually girls, to marry. And many other states do not have a statutory minimum age for marriage. While child marriage is not as common in the US as other parts of the world, it continues to be a concern for the health and wellbeing of young girls across the country.

Lisa W. Foderaro, The New York Times, March 13, 2017.

URL: www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/nyregion/a-push-to-restrict-child-marriages-in-new-york.html?_r=0