The bill Unchained wrote to end child marriage in New Jersey, A3091, is gaining momentum. As of today, the bill has 17 primary and co-sponsors, with more expected to sign on soon – a significant portion of the 80-member Assembly.
Additionally, an identical version of the bill, S2528, was introduced today in the Senate by Sen. Nellie Pou.
Unchained is grateful to Asw. Nancy Munoz, the first primary sponsor of the bill in the Assembly, and to Sen. Pou for their leadership on this important issue. Child marriage, which often is a form of forced marriage, is a human-rights abuse (read more here). If S2528/A3091 bill passes, New Jersey will become the first state in the US to eliminate this human-rights abuse.