It’s a sad day for girls in Missouri: The bill to end child marriage officially died after the state House of Representatives refused to move the bill the state Senate had passed with near-unanimous support.
Rep. Hardy Billington, one of the bill’s opponents, insisted pregnant teens must get married lest they turn instead to abortion — even though abortion is pretty much impossible in Missouri, which has one of the strictest bans in the United States.
We promise not to give up on girls in Missouri or any other state: We’ll keep pushing to make the marriage age #18NoExceptions in all 50 states. And we know we can count on you to keep pushing with us.
