Why does the US have so many child brides? (BBC News)
One woman was 13 when her mother forced her to marry and start a family. "I felt like a slave," she says of her childhood.
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Countries such as Zimbabwe, Malawi and El Salvador have recently banned child marriage. Yet it remains legal in the United States, and half of the states set no minimum age below which a person cannot marry.
For the BBC series America First?, Aleem Maqbool explores health and social issues where the United States, the richest country in the world, performs poorly in international rankings.
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