Most state lawmakers agree 15-year-olds are too young to get married, but a proposal to raise Maryland’s legal marriage age failed this week in the General Assembly because of pressure from an unexpected group — women’s rights advocates. Legislation to increase the age to 16 or 17 died in the final…
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Effort to limit teen marriage in Maryland failed amid concerns from abortion rights, women's groups
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