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Midstate lawmaker’s bill would end ‘human rights abuse’ of child marriage

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Rep. Jesse Topper, at James Buchanan High School’s commencement on June 1, 2018. (Photo: Markell DeLoatch, Public Opinion)

(Harrisburg) — Pennsylvania allows arranged marriages for children.

Some legislators are moving to change the law.

A child in Pennsylvania 

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