Following recent bans in Washington, Virginia, and New Hampshire, Missouri and Oregon are poised to become the fourteenthand fifteenth states to ban marriage under 18 years. As recently as 2018 ...

Child marriage was legal in all 50 states until 2018. Ten states have since passed bans to end the practice. But why haven't more?

Lifting the veil: Why children are still getting married in America Some US states have ‘weaker marriage laws than Afghanistan, Honduras and Malawi’. Lucy Anna Gray investigates ...

Legislation to restrict marriage for Missouri residents under age 18 had been stalled by Republican critics for years. The ...

Child marriage remains legal in most states, leaving minors vulnerable to abuse and legal challenges, advocates say.

And eight states — including California and Washington — have no age floor for marriage, according to the center. Legal loopholes at the federal level allow for child marriage to continue as well.

But child marriage threatens the bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom of a child more than any ban ever could. Ending it is more important to the health and dignity of American children than ...

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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, D ...

Child marriage remains legal in most U.S. States. Before it can curb this harmful practice abroad, the U.S. must first end it at home.