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Advocates and bipartisan Ohio lawmakers urged the state Senate to advance a bill setting 18 as the minimum marriage age without exceptions; it stalled after Republican senators objected in a closed-door caucus. At a Nov. 10 press conference, supporters said the measure would close a loophole allowing some 17-year-olds to marry and protect children from exploitation. Ohio records show 4,443 girls aged 17 or younger married in the state from 2000 to 2015, including 59 who were 15 or younger.
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