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 law intended to stamp out child marriage may have had the opposite effect and lead to an increase, new research by King's College London shows. The study is published in The Journal of Law, ...

Lawmakers and advocates launched a coalition in Kentucky to push for ending child marriage by closing legislative loopholes.

Marriage would be banned for anyone under 18 under a law that advanced out of the Missouri Senate on Thursday. Under current Missouri law, anyone under 16 is prohibited from getting married. However, ...

Legislation to restrict marriage for Missouri residents under age 18 had been stalled by Republican critics for years. The law also stops child sex abusers from using non-disclosure agreements to ...