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GOP official argues in favor of child marriage: Girls are ‘ripe’ and ‘fertile’
Twenty states don't set minimum age for girls to marry
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- The measure passed the Senate unanimously in March. On Thursday, it passed the House, 192-174. The bill now goes to Gov. Chris Sununu for signing into law.
- One of those voting against was Representative Jess Edwards, whose comments sparked immediate gasps from colleagues.
- “… If we continually restrict the freedom of marriage as a legitimate social option, when we do this to people who are a ripe, fertile age and may have a pregnancy and a baby involved, are we not, in fact, making abortion a much more desirable alternative, when marriage might be the right solution for some freedom-loving couples?” he said.