House Considers Law To Ban Marriage Before Age 18

The House is now considering legislation that would ban child marriage in Missouri. Scott City Republican Senator Holly Thompson Rehder wants to ban marriages for anyone under 18 without exceptions. Rehder tells a House committee that Missouri’s lax marriage laws are a contributing factor to sex trafficking…

Currently, 16- and 17-year-olds can get married in Missouri WITH a parent’s permission, but under a bill from Senator Holly Thompson Rehder, that would be changed to 18. LaRussell Republican Representative Mitch Boggs is concerned that this bill gives the government the excuse to “intrude” in family marriage…

(Missourinet)