A bill addressing child marriage in West Virginia has passed the state Senate
In this photo provided by West Virginia Legislative Services, state Sen. Charles Trump, holding microphone, listens during a session of the state Senate, Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Charleston, W.Va. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — — A child marriage bill was passed by the West Virginia Senate on Friday night after it was changed to prohibit anyone younger than 16 from getting married and to ban age gaps of more than four years for 16- and 17-year-olds.
“I want us to pass something because our current situation is intolerable,” Morgan County Republican Sen. Charles Trump said. The Senate bill would remove the possibility that anyone younger than 16 could marry. Those ages 16 and 17 would have to obtain parental consent and they couldn't marry someone more than four years older than them.The bill was thought to be dead on Wednesday night when the Senate Judiciary Committee rejected it, but the bill was resurrected on the Senate floor Thursday and moved to Friday’s final vote.
Although recent figures are unavailable, according to the Pew Research Center, West Virginia had the highest rate of child marriages among the states in 2014, when the state’s five-year average was 7.1 marriages for every 1,000 children ages 15 to 17.
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