You can get in touch with Andrew by emailing [email protected]. Languages: English. Child marriage remains legal in most states, many of which allow children as young as 15 or 16 years old to ...

A wide-ranging child protection bill awaits Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s decision. It includes a provision that would ban ...

Tasneem, who is now 43 and lives in El Sobrante, was trapped in her marriage until she was 23, when she was finally able to initiate divorce proceedings after eight years and two children.

The Texas Legislature is poised to end the controversial practice of child marriage in the Lone Star State with a bill the House passed Wednesday. House Bill 168, authored by Rep. Jon Rosenthal ...

More: 5 things to watch this week in the Tennessee legislature "The State Department views child marriage in other countries as a human rights abuse, yet it’s something that happens with ...

All New England states now ban child marriage after Maine became the 14th state to to do so on May 6. In 2025, the legal age of marriage in New Hampshire was raised to 18. It was the result of ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A Senate Bill, SB156, an act to increase the minimum age for marriage, has cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 4-2 vote. Republican Senators Tom Pischke and ...

By Amelia Nierenberg The president of the small West African country of Sierra Leone signed a law on Tuesday that banned marriage for children age 18 and younger and would impose steep fines on ...

New Hampshire's child marriage ban went into effect on Wednesday, making it the 13th state to require people to be 18 years old to get married. Child marriage remains legal in most states ...