Kentucky legislature's passed a law limiting child marriages in 2018. But advocates say some officials are issuing licenses ...

New Hampshire’s five-month-old ban on child marriage is still fully intact after the New Hampshire Senate voted against allowing an exception Thursday. In 2025, the legal age of marriage in New ...

When the Kentucky legislature passed new protections against child marriage into law in 2018, Donna Simmons felt her years of tireless advocacy to prevent other teens from predatory marriages had ...

A new child marriage bill in New Hampshire is drawing attention from lawmakers and activists across the United States. Last year, the New Hampshire Legislature passed a landmark bill, amending the law ...

On January 1, New Hampshire officially implemented a comprehensive ban on child marriage, setting a stringent age limit of 18 for marriage under all circumstances. However, the legislation has ...

Maine became the fourteenth state to ban child marriage this week after Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, allowed a bill banning the practice to become law without her signature. Child marriage ...

Among the bills passed this year by the state General Assembly is “an act prohibiting first cousin marriage.” The bill, ...