“I do not support adults marrying children,” state Sen. Mike Moon told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday. “That’s preposterous to even think that I do.”
Assam Child Marriages: Assam Chief Minister has recently reiterated his government s commitment to stop underage marriages and motherhood and warned that thousands of husbands will be arrested in the next five-six months as it is a crime to have sexual relations with a girl below 14 years of age.
Underage Marriages In Assam: CM Sarma’s comments have come in the backdrop of the state government’s move to bring stringent laws and evoke the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to check child marriages and underage motherhood.