rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/end-child-marriage-in-the-state-of-california?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-end-child-marriage-in-the-state-of-california' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Global Hope 365 and the CA Coalition to End Child Marriage https://actionnetwork.org/groups/global-hope-365-and-the-coalition-to-end-child-marriage https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/227/951/original/join_our_campaign_.png Many Americans believe “Child marriage only happens in other countries.” Not so!! Child marriage is legal and practiced in 40 of the 50 U.S. states including California. Each year in the United States, children are forced and coerced into marriages. An estimated 300,000 children as young as 12 were married between 2000 and 2018 in the US. Current law provisions in the state of California require parental consent for Child Marriage which are exactly the provisions that allow this abuse to persist. To end the statutory rape of minors, we must end Child Marriage. We ask you to support our campaign by completing this form to advocate for “No Marriage Under 18, No Exceptions.” https://actionnetwork.org/letters/end-child-marriage-in-the-state-of-california