Forced into an abusive marriage at 19, Fraidy Reiss escaped and started a nonprofit, Unchained At Last, to support and advocate for girls and women trapped by marriage.
Below, Reiss shares her personal story and the latest developments in the fight to end child marriage in the U.S. once and for all. I was forced into marriage when I was 19 and living in New York City. It was an abusive marriage from the beginning. When I finally managed to escape with my two daughters, my family retaliated by shunning me.. We help women and girls across the U.S.
Crazy but true. In most states, children are not allowed to bring a legal action in their own name, and divorce is a legal action. It’s really unbelievable. For me, it's a personal slap in the face. There are some exceptions; in some states, a married child is considered emancipated and so does get some of the rights of adulthood, but that is rare, and [often the laws are unclear].
Also, marriage is a specific exception under the statutory rape laws in 38 states, so what would otherwise be considered rape — for an adult to have sex with this child — that disappears as soon as a marriage license is handed out. So when we talk about how these laws trap girls and destroy their lives, now there's a guy who can rape a girl with impunity.
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