Sound Choices Coalition

marriage” (sexual assault or statutory r**e)
-child marriage
-forced marriage
-in**st
-sexual exploitation
-trafficking
-physical abuse
-sexual abuse
-polygamy itself, with its emotional abuse and gender inequities
-medical neglect
-education neglect
-welfare fraud
-child abandonment
-child labor within polygamous communities. These significant harms not only affect individuals, but also the societies that permit such practices to continue.

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The polygamous lifestyle presented by TV "reality" shows is entertainment, if not propaganda. It does not clearly show the reality of thousands of residents of Utah and beyond who have suffered agonizing abuses, monumental losses, and even a violation of human rights due to long-term apathy on the part of legislators and law enforcement. After reviewing the world’s most comprehensive judicial treatment of the legal status of polygamy, Canadian Chief Justice Bauman declared in December 2011, that a prohibition on polygamy was strongly justified because it is “inevitably associated with serious harms” and “inherently harmful,” particularly to women and children, even in the absence of fraud, violence or abuse. The Canadian Court ruling is here: http://stoppolygamy.com/court-decision-on-polygamy/

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has repeatedly taken a strong stance against polygamy, not just because of the “serious emotional and financial consequences” for a plural wife and her dependents, but also because it “contravenes a woman’s right to equality with men.”

SOURCE: http://www.endvawnow.org/en/articles/625-polygamous-marriages.html