Mexican senators propose raising minimum marriage age to prevent child abuse

Federal lawmakers want to raise the minimum age for marriage to 18 for both sexes to keep children from dropping out of school, according to a bill introduced in Mexico’s Senate on Thursday.

The current minimum age of 14 for women and 16 for men encourages children “to leave school and go to work, causing a situation that creates a vicious circle of poverty,” five senators who sponsored the bill said in its text.”*

*From: http://www.iht.com
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