Lawmakers in Iraq are proposing amendments to the country’s Personal Status Law that could allow marriage for girls as young as 9.

There was a post by someone else covering pretty much the same today, but sadly it was removed by mods for “low credibility source”. Which is a shame because there was a lot of discussion. But hey, rules are rules, so here it is from a credible source.

  • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 day ago

    Barbaric Islamic conservatives. In the modern Western Christian State where I live, you have to wait until the bride is 12.