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Child marriage is banned in Kentucky. Why are they still happening?

Kentucky banned child marriages in 2018.

Kentucky Public Radio’s Sylvia Goodman investigates why children are still getting married in the Bluegrass state and the effort to unequivocally ban it outright.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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