(Providence, RI) -- A bill that would ban child marriages in Rhode Island has advanced in the General Assembly. State Representative Julie Casimiro's bill, which sets the legal marrying age at 18, was passed by the House on Wednesday night. Casimiro says Rhode Island would become the fifth state in the U.S. to issue such a ban. She says there are a bunch of reasons why child marriages should be outlawed, including that they are sometimes used for sex-trafficking purposes. The bill now heads to the Senate, which passed companion legislation earlier this month.
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