New york, USA, raised the minimum age of marriage from 14 to 17?

Recently, American media reported that in order to prevent child marriage, the legal age of marriage in New York State has been raised from 14 to 17. This law will take effect on July 20.

According to the new law, the legal age of marriage in New York State is 17 years old. Young people who are just 17 years old must get the judge's approval before they can get married. ?

Andrew Comer, the governor of New York, wrote on Twitter 2 1 that the state of New York officially outlawed child marriage, which was an important step in efforts to protect children. Previously, according to a law passed in New York State 1929, people aged 0/4 in that state could get married. From 2000 to 20 10, more than 3,800 minors in New York got married. ?

According to the data collected by the anti-child marriage organization "Finally Break Free from Chains" in New Jersey, USA, the phenomenon of child marriage in the United States is serious. From 2000 to 20 15, more than 200,000 minors got married in the United States, and the actual number may be much higher than this figure, because there are more than 10 states without complete data.

Child marriage is one of the marriage customs. Refers to the phenomenon that underage men and women get married. Child marriage is very popular in many countries in the world. It is extremely popular in India, Southeast Asian countries and Arab countries.