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Child marriage comes with a price tag: $175 billion

When Carmen Martell was 14, she met a 23-year-old man in her small New Hampshire town. He worked at the nearby brickyard, and she loved him. She started skipping school, running away and getting into legal trouble.

Child marriage comes with a price tag: $175 billion

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