Pregnant at 15, married at 16: She's speaking out to end child marriages

An estimated 300,000 children under the age of 18 legally wed in the U.S. between 2000 and 2018, according to the nonprofit Unchained at Last.

in the U.S. has declined each year – dropping from a high of nearly 80,000 in 2000 to just under 2,500 in 2018.“There have been days that we've gotten five calls in the same day from individuals begging, ‘Please help,” said Reiss.

“Because once you're in a marriage, you should have the right to get out of it. So the adult spouse at any point wants to file for divorce, retain an attorney, get a protective order, get into a domestic violence shelter, that adult spouse has those options. The minor in that marriage, they have to wait until 18.”

NBC News contacted 80 state senators and representatives in the two states who had opposed the bills. Only six responded, including Maine state senator Bill Diamond.

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