Colombia's government voted Thursday to ban child marriage, after previously allowing those as young as 14 to get married. The law, pushed forward under the slogan "they're girls, not wives", would ...

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 ...

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

The Texas House Subcommittee on Family and Fiduciary Relationships took testimony on House Bill 168 on April 7, 2025. A bill to ban child marriage in Texas has passed the state’s House of ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SPONSORED — Lawmakers in Jefferson City are ...

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

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 ...

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