More (rare) good news for girls: The Missouri House of Representatives yesterday passed the legislation we have been promoting, to set the marriage age at 18, no exceptions!
Now the senate needs to vote again — even though it previously approved banning child marriage with only one “no” vote (from Sen. Mike Moon, who loves him some child marriage) — because the version the house passed was part of a new omnibus child-protection bill.
Missouri is now closer than it has ever been to banning a human rights abuse that destroys girls lives.
