Massachusetts recorded nearly 1,200 marriages involving children under 18 between 2000 and 2018, including some as young as 13, according to data from the Department of Public Health:
Protesters chant outside the State House during a rally to set a minimum age for marriage in Massachusetts.
"I just sort of jumped at it and said, 'Oh my gosh, I had no idea,'"said Khan, Newton representative and chair of the Committee on Children and Families. Still, it took years of effort, illustrating the challenge of passing any non-controversial legislation on Beacon Hill. They also brought back the women in wedding dresses and invited some former child brides to testify, sharing their stories with lawmakers.
The lack of progress frustrated supporters, including Tammy Monteiro, of New Bedford, who said she was forced into a painful marriage when she was only 15."Within the first years of marriage, I underwent a grooming period in which he filled me up with his doctrine," Monteiro said in a hushed hearing room."And was told over and over again that women were the cause of all evils in the world and that through women, mankind has fallen.
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