For many people, their wedding day is something they dream about from a young age. But for hundreds of thousands of young girls across America, the thought of this day is more like a nightmare because of the continuing problem of child marriage
Between 2000 and 2010, an estimated 248,000 children – some as young as 12 – were married in the U.S. Just last year, the northeastern state of Delaware became the first state to prohibit marriage under the age of 18