Advocates and child marriage survivors from the group “Unchained ... Mike Stuart (R) was among those who voted against the bill this past spring. He said that his mother was married when she ...

It’s more often the case that it is a child marrying somebody decades older than they are." Ms Vogel pointed out that often, young women who go on to be abused in early marriages are not old ...

Many bills proposed in the past six years didn’t make it out ... there’s “almost no opposition from the public” when anti-child marriage legislation comes to the table.

In her campaigning, Fraidy says most people are unaware child marriage is still legal and happening, rather they see it as an issue relegated to the past. “Legislators are not feeling a lot of ...

Child marriage remains legal in most states ... including those that have attempted to pass legislation in the past such as Missouri.

Child marriage remains legal in most of the U.S ... The reproductive rights organization did not support past attempts at imposing age requirements for marriage because of concerns that it ...

Now, she is one of the seven co-sponsors of SB 359. “For the past 10 years, I have researched child marriage,” Levesque said. “I’ve learned about the devastating effects of child marriage.” ...

"We have a few instances a year where 40- to 50-year-old men are marrying 16- to 17-year-old girls in the state of Texas," ...

JTA — New legislation banning child marriage in Washington, DC, was signed into law last week following advocacy by a coalition including Unchained At Last, a Jewish-led organization that ...

Before the House takes a final vote on the bill, it could face a proposal that would allow adults and minors to marry if ...

This past spring, as part of my work teaching ... One issue stood out among the rest: child marriage. Congress has set some limits on child marriage, but because marriage is regulated at the ...