"The new study, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation". You mean Jeff Epstein's friend, Bill Gates. THE Bill Gates that is now exposed a a sex predator who went around trawling Microsoft for vulnerable women while he had been married for years? The Bill Gates that said he taught his daughter about sex at 7? There aren't any states left where you can get married if you're under 16. Some are 18, 19, or even 21. In the cases where under 16-18 is allowed, it requires either a parent, a judge, or both to sign off on it, and in most cases it says you can't be more than 5 years older than the person you're trying to marry. Nothing like causing a panic by suggesting the age is 12 and you can just walk them down the aisle, so nice one WGN. You know that I wouldn't even exist had there been no "child marriage" in Indiana. My dad was 21 when he married my mom. She was 17. His parents signed off on it and the judge said OK. It's nice that you folks think I should be retroactively aborted just because of your existing prejudices.