加州全面禁止童婚 纽森签署 AB 1267 成全美第 18 个“无例外”州
加州州长纽森9月30日签署 AB 1267 法案，将结婚与家庭伴侣关系的法定最低年龄一律定为18岁，且不设任何例外，新法将于2027年1月1日生效。加州由此成为全美第18个全面禁止童婚的州，终结了本州长期存在的法律漏洞——加州此前是全美仅有的三个无法定最低婚龄的州之一，未成年人凭父母书面同意加法官批准即可结婚，不论年龄多小。
法案由圣克鲁兹民主党众议员盖尔·佩勒林起草，在反童婚组织“Unchained at Last”、加州妇女地位委员会等团体的多年推动下通过，表决时无一票反对。签署仪式上，媒体人考特尼·斯托登站在纽森身旁——她16岁时经父母同意嫁给了50岁的演员道格·哈奇森，自述那段关系充满虐待与掠夺，如今她已成为全国知名的反童婚倡导者。来自 El Sobrante 的45岁女子萨拉·塔斯尼姆（Sarah Tasneem）也在现场见证：15岁那年她被迫嫁给了一个年龄近她两倍的男子，过去九年里她无数次驱车前往萨克拉门托向议员讲述自己的经历。“坦白说，这太不真实了，”她在州长落笔后泪崩，“这是所有幸存者多年抗争换来的时刻。”
数据显示，2000年至2021年间加州约有3.5万宗未成年婚姻，绝大多数是未成年少女嫁给成年男子。纽森在声明中说：“这是早该采取的保护加州年轻人的措施，今天加州的孩子比以往任何时候都更安全。”新法还有一项附带效应：加州法定强奸罪中的“配偶豁免”条款，今后不再适用于任何涉及未成年人的婚姻。（综合多家报道，GSM改写）
California Bans Child Marriage Entirely as Newsom Signs AB 1267
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1267 on September 30, setting the minimum legal age for marriage and domestic partnerships at 18 with no exceptions. The new law takes effect January 1, 2027, making California the 18th state to ban child marriage entirely and closing a long-standing loophole — California had been one of only three states with no statutory minimum marriage age, where minors could marry at any age with parental consent and a judge's approval.
The bill was authored by Santa Cruz Democratic Assemblymember Gail Pellerin and passed without a single dissenting vote after years of advocacy by groups including Unchained at Last and the California Commission on the Status of Women. At the signing ceremony, media personality Courtney Stodden stood beside Newsom — she was married at 16 to 50-year-old actor Doug Hutchison with her parents' consent and has described that relationship as abusive and predatory; she is now a nationally known anti-child-marriage advocate. Sarah Tasneem, 45, of El Sobrante, also witnessed the signing: forced to marry a man nearly twice her age at 15, she has driven to Sacramento countless times over nine years to tell lawmakers her story. "Honestly, this is so surreal," she said through tears after the governor signed. "This is a moment won by years of struggle by all survivors."
Data show about 35,000 marriages involving minors took place in California between 2000 and 2021, the vast majority underage girls marrying adult men. "This is a long-overdue measure to protect California's young people; California's children are safer today than ever before," Newsom said in a statement. The law has one more side effect: the "spousal exemption" in California's statutory rape law will no longer apply to any marriage involving a minor. (Compiled from multiple reports; rewritten by GSM)
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