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Forced marriage blights the lives of scores of learning disabled people

Reported by guardian.co.uk on Tuesday, 31 July 2012 (on July 31, 2012)

More than 50 cases of people with learning disabilities being forced to wed were reported last year. And while the main motivation was to provide a carer, relationships are often abusive

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