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State law currently allows parents to marry off a child as young as 16 with their signatureMichigan would become the tenth state to ban child marriage without exception if the bills get signed into law
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The bill package includes getting rid of provisions allowing for secret marriages and loopholes in Michigan’s criminal sexual conduct code
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Child marriage survivor Fraidy Reiss told the committee she’s worked with girls who have shown up at a clerk’s office crying for a way to not get married after their parents signed off on the union