Child marriage remains legal in half of the United States

In the United States, child marriages are still legal in twenty-five states in 2017 even though the age of majority is set at 21 years old. Between 2000 and 2010, 248,000 children and adolescents were married in the country according to the association Unchained at Last. This practice concerns formal or informal unions before the age of 18 according to the definitions of Unicef.