Country closes 137-year legal loophole, becoming one of 12 in Latin America and the Caribbean to entirely ban marriage for minors

Colombian lawmakers have approved a bill to eradicate child marriage in the South American country after 17 years of campaigning by advocacy groups and eight failed attempts to push legislation through the house and senate.

  • @PunnyName
    3•1 month ago

    I like this perspective but alas, like you said, they don’t use that argument.

    Very strange indeed.