New York Bans Child Marriage, A Practice That's Still Alarmingly Common
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"Nalia’s Law” was named after a survivor who was forced into marriage at the age of 13.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Thursday signed legislation raising the age of consent to be married in the state to 18, effectively banning child marriage. “Nalia’s Law” was named after a survivor who was forced into marriage at the age of 13. The measure, which goes into effect Aug. 21, builds on a 2017 law that raised the minimum age of consent from 14 to 17. The law makes New York just the sixth such state to fully ban marriage before the age of 18 regardless of parental or judicial consent, according to Unchained at Last, a nonprofit advocacy group that opposes child marriage and lobbied in support of Nalia’s Law.
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