They said it: Too young to wed thee

“I was basically handed to this stranger. All of my reproductive rights were taken from me that night, all of my bodily autonomy was taken from me. My entire childhood was taken from me.”

— Sara Tasneem, 43, of El Sobrante, who said she was forced at 15 to marry a man nearly twice her age. It lasted eight years and she now an advocates for California, which has no age limit to marry, to approve a bill that would prohibit marriage to children under age 18.