Cool! New Hampshire Republican Goes to Bat for Child Marriage, Says Teens Are ‘Ripe,’ ‘Fertile’

Another week, another Republican state lawmaker caught proudly saying something disgusting—this time, though, the lawmaker killed two birds with one stone and was gross about both abortion and child marriage all in the same breath. In a video shared last week that’s since picked up steam, New Hampshire state Rep. Jess Edwards said that a bill to ban marriage for individuals under 18 would increase the demand for abortion. (??) “If we continually restrict the freedom of marriage as a legitimate social option, when we do this to people who...