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Newsom to sign law banning child marriage
Assembly Bill 1267 would end all exceptions, and advocates say about 9,000 children marry each year in the state.
- California's Legislature finalized Assembly Bill 1267 on Thursday, banning child marriage and closing a loophole that allowed about 9,000 minors to wed annually, a practice critics say predators have exploited.
- Previously, California law permitted minors to marry with parental and judicial approval; survivor Sara Tasneem described how this allowed her to be forcibly married at 15 to a 28-year-old man by her father.
- Planned Parenthood, which donated at least $2.7 million to Democratic lawmakers since 2002, historically opposed such bans alongside the American Civil Liberties Union, citing reproductive autonomy concerns.
- Democratic lawmakers introduced Assembly Bill 1267 in June using a "gut-and-amend" process to bypass typical bill-introduction deadlines, with Assemblymember Gail Pellerin authoring the measure to overcome special interest opposition.
- By eliminating the current loophole, California removes a legal pathway that advocates say has frequently facilitated statutory rape, aligning the state with a national trend to curb abuse and trafficking risks.
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Newsom to sign law banning child marriage
(The Center Square) – California is the next state poised to ban child marriage after human rights groups have been calling on state legislatures to ban the practice.
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