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, many of ...

A map has been released that shows the U.S. states where the most child marriages have occurred. Marriage for those under the age of 18 was legal in all 50 U.S. states as of 2017. But since 2018, 13 ...

Advocates and child marriage survivors from the group “Unchained at Last” put on wedding gowns, veils, chains and tape over their mouths as they gather on Boston Common before marching to the State ...

Unchained At Last, a group supporting bill HB 1455 to end child marriage in Washington state, meets with Sen. Manka Dhingra, D-Redmond, left, who chairs the Senate Law & Justice Committee, inside the ...

In a significant move to protect minors and align with neighboring states, the D.C. Council held a legislative hearing Monday on the Child Marriage Prohibition Amendment Act of 2024. The proposed ...

CONCORD — The New Hampshire House passed a bill to ban child marriage in New Hampshire on Thursday. Sponsored by Sen. Debra Altschiller, D-Stratham, the bill would raise the minimum age of marriage to ...

Since a 2018 law banning most child marriages in Kentucky, annual case averages have dropped from nearly 300 to 20. Leaders ...

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 Tamara ...

Missouri's minimum age for marrying without parental consent is 16 years old. The Missouri Senate passed a bipartisan bill last year to raise the minimum age, but Republican leaders in the House never ...