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Child marriage is banned in Kentucky. Why are they still happening?

WBUR
Published April 22, 2026 at 8:54 AM PDT

Kentucky banned child marriages in 2018.

Kentucky Public Radio’s Sylvia Goodman investigates why children are still getting married in the Bluegrass state and the effort to unequivocally ban it outright.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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